classification of rice rat...rats, including arboreal rice rats ( Oecomys), dark rice rats ( Melanomys), small rice rats ( Microryzomys), and pygmy rice rats ( Oligoryzomys), among others. All belong to the subfamily Sigmodontinae of the “true” mouse and rat family Muridae within the order Rodentia.
Pygmy rice rat
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