Definition of Oryzomys palustris

1. Noun. Hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States.

Exact synonyms: Rice Rat
Generic synonyms: Rat
Group relationships: Genus Oryzomys, Oryzomys

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oryzomys Palustris

Orunmila
Oruvail
Orville
Orville Wright
Orwell
Orwellian
Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus
Orycteropus afer
Oryctolagus
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Oryol
Oryx gazella
Oryza sativa
Oryzomys
Oryzomys palustris (current term)
Oryzopsis
Oryzopsis hymenoides
Oryzopsis miliacea
Osage
Osage River
Osages
Osaka
Osaka Bay
Osakan
Osama
Osama bin Laden
Osasco
Osborne
Oscan

Literary usage of Oryzomys palustris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"*Oryzomys palustris oryzivorus (Audubon and Bachman). 1853. ... Oryzomys palustris coloratus BANGS, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 28, p. 189. ..."

2. The Mammals of Pennsylvania and New Jersey: A Biographic, Historic and by Samuel Nicholson Rhoads (1903)
"... beyond the brief remark just -quoted [see antea, under Salem Co. records], and the type locality of Oryzomys palustris is, therefore, New Jersey. ..."

3. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"... (Oryzomys) palustris, Baird, MNA, 1857, 482 (Georgia and South Carolina).— Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. ..."

4. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"Oryzomys palustris coloratus (Bangs). See Rhoads, Amer. Nat., XXXVI, p. 663, August, 1902. 71349. Skin and skull. Adult male. Everglade, Monroe County ..."

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