title: Swamp rat
text: # Swamp rat
  
  Swamp rat(s) may refer to:
  
  ## Animals
  
  Swamp rat is a common name for a number of not closely related types of semiaquatic rodents of superfamily Muroidea, including:
  
  * Andean swamp rat (Neotomys ebriosus), a cricetid
  * Australian swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus), a murid
  * Malacomys, three murid species of Africa:
  * Scapteromys, three cricetid species from southeastern South America:
  * Swamp rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), a cricetid of southeastern North America
  
  It may also refer to the semiaquatic echimyid known as the coypu.
  
  ## Other
  
  * a series of famous Top Fuel dragsters created by Don Garlits
  * Swamp Ratte', former name of hacker Grandmaster Ratte'
  * A subset of hillbilly or redneck that lives near the bayou.
  