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Small Rice Rats
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Small Rice Rats

Microryzomys

Microryzomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is closely related to Oreoryzomys, Oligoryzomys, and Neacomys. It contains two species, both restricted to the Andes: M. altissimus and M. minutus.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Highland Small Rice Rat

speciesMicroryzomys altissimus

forest small rice rat

speciesMicroryzomys minutus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44766.