- "rice rat" or "rice mouse". Many
species are also
known as rice rats. An
oryzomyine group was
first envisaged by
Oldfield Thomas in the
early 20th century...
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faunas mostly consist of
oryzomyines,
members of a
distantly related group of rodents, and
include two of the
largest known oryzomyines,
Megalomys desmarestii...
- in Pseudoryzomys. Together, they form a
unique ****emblage
within the
oryzomyine tribe, a very
diverse group including over one
hundred species, mainly...
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Forest (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with
comments on
oryzomyine biogeography".
Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society. 161 (2): 357–390...
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American Fauna 14:15–20. Weksler, M. 2006.
Phylogenetic relationships of
oryzomyine rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae):
separate and
combined analyses of morphological...
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William Heinemann. ISBN 0-434-00819-2 (UK edition) Ray, C.E. 1962. The
Oryzomyine Rodents of the
Antillean Subregion.
Doctor of
Philosophy thesis, Harvard...
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region may
exhibit significant variation between taxonomic groups. In
oryzomyine rodents, for example, the width, form, and
presence of
beading in the...
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United States, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. It is
known from
several oryzomyine rodents: the
marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), O. couesi, Handleyomys...
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small tubercles resembling scales on the sole of the hindfeet.
Among oryzomyine rodents,
their development is variable; most have well-developed squamae...
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amphibians (such as frogs), and
mammals (such as the kangaroo). In
oryzomyines, a
mainly South American rodent group, the
marsh rice rat, Pseudoryzomys...
