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mammals
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New World mice and woodrats, voles, hamsters, and their relatives
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marsh rice rat
Oryzomys palustris
Kingdom
Animalia
animal kingdom
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Animalia: sounds (165)
Animalia: maps (42)
Class
Mammalia
mammals
Mammalia: information (1)
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Mammalia: specimens (2905)
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Order
Rodentia
rodents
Rodentia: information (1)
Rodentia: pictures (343)
Rodentia: specimens (187)
Suborder
Myomorpha
mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives
Myomorpha: information (2)
Myomorpha: pictures (110)
Myomorpha: specimens (75)
Family
Cricetidae
New World mice and woodrats, voles, hamsters, and their relatives
Cricetidae: information (1)
Cricetidae: pictures (83)
Cricetidae: specimens (43)
Subfamily
Sigmodontinae
New World mice
Sigmodontinae: pictures (2)
Sigmodontinae: specimens (8)
Species
Oryzomys palustris
marsh rice rat