Coues' Rice Rat

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iCoues' Rice Rat
Conservation status

Least concern (LR/lc)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oryzomys
Species: O. couesi
Binomial name
Oryzomys couesi
Alston, 1877

The Coues' Rice Rat, Oryzomys couesi, is a species of rat native to Mexico and the Southern United States. The species is threatened in Texas due to habitat loss.

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