Stumble this page!Nelson's rice rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Species : Oryzomys nelsoni
The Nelson's rice rat is listed as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Nelson
A young / baby of a Nelson is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Nelson group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
Mexico
Facts about the Nelson's rice rat
The Nelson's Rice Rat (Oryzomys nelsoni) is an extinct species of rice rat from damp thickets in the vicinity of springs near the summit of Maria Madre Island, in the Tres Marias Group, off the coast of western Mexico. (Full text)
1. Oryzomys, genus Oryzomys -- (rice rats)Oryzomys
genus Oryzomys
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