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Definition of Genus Oryzomys
1. Noun. Rice rats.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cricetidae, Family Cricetidae
Member holonyms: Oryzomys Palustris, Rice Rat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Oryzomys
Literary usage of Genus Oryzomys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The rice-field mice, of the genus Oryzomys, have a comparatively limited range
in the South, where they live in swamps and rice-fields. ..."
2. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"MERRIAM, CH—Synopsis of the Rice Rats (genus Oryzomys) of the United States and
Mexico. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sei., Ill, pp. 273-295. (c) GOPHERS. 1895. ..."
3. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1907)
"Genus ORYZOMYS Baird (1887). Oryzomys BAIRD, Mam. N". Am., 1857, p. 458.
Dentition.—I. \~~_\; M. 5-3 = 16. Typ? ..."
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