Fisheries & Wildlife

Mammal Collection

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Oryzomys palustris (marsh rice rat)


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Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Cricetidae
Genus Oryzomys
Species Oryzomys palustris
Common marsh rice rat
Diet Carnivorous
Habitat Tidal marshes
Description bi-colored; grayish to brown dorsally and white ventrally
Skull Characteristics
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