Oryzomys palustris (rodent)

Mass: 42.4 g based on Cameron and Spencer 1983

Abundance: 0.03 to 59.02% (median 2.28%)

Latitudinal range: 16.7° to 38.9°

Habitats: (10), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate coniferous forest (1), temperate savanna (1), temperate wetland (3), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1)

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Found in 18 samples

Belize: Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (old field), Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (dry, open woodland)

Mexico: Cueva de Abra (Late Pleistocene)

United States: Bob White Memorial Wetlands Research and Teaching Station, Park Ranger Station No. 1, Croatan National Forest (open canopy pine plantation), Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve, Memphis, Kemper County, Ardis (Late Pleistocene), Saber-tooth Cave (Late Pleistocene), Golf Course (Late Pleistocene), Croley-Evans (Holocene), Watson Brake (3.2 mm fraction) (Holocene), Scovill (Holocene), Taylor Bayou (north bank) (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass37.08 gN = 114Cameron and Spencer 1983
♂ body mass45.86 gN = 196Cameron and Spencer 1983
♂ hind foot length35 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
♂ hind foot length33 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
hind foot length29 mmN = 9Merriam 1901
hind foot length32.5 mmN = 4Merriam 1901
♂ tail length151 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
♂ tail length137 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
tail length117 mmN = 9Merriam 1901
tail length149 mmN = 4Merriam 1901
♂ total body length295 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
♂ total body length267 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
total body length231 mmN = 9Merriam 1901
total body length288 mmN = 4Merriam 1901

See also Oryzomys, Oryzomys alfaroi, Oryzomys angouya, Oryzomys capito, Oryzomys chapmani, Oryzomys couesi, Oryzomys longicaudatus, Oryzomys melanotis, Oryzomys nigripes, Oryzomys sp.