Definition of Genus Oryzomys

1. Noun. Rice rats.

Exact synonyms: Oryzomys
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cricetidae, Family Cricetidae
Member holonyms: Oryzomys Palustris, Rice Rat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Oryzomys

genus Origanum
genus Oriolus
genus Orites
genus Ormosia
genus Ornithogalum
genus Ornithorhynchus
genus Orontium
genus Ortalis
genus Orthilia
genus Orthopristis
genus Orthotomus
genus Orycteropus
genus Oryctolagus
genus Oryx
genus Oryza
genus Oryzomys (current term)
genus Oryzopsis
genus Osmanthus
genus Osmerus
genus Osmunda
genus Ostrea
genus Ostrya
genus Ostryopsis
genus Otaria
genus Othonna
genus Otis
genus Otus
genus Ouranopithecus
genus Ovalipes
genus Ovibos

Literary usage of Genus Oryzomys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The rice-field mice, of the genus Oryzomys, have a comparatively limited range in the South, where they live in swamps and rice-fields. ..."

2. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"MERRIAM, CH—Synopsis of the Rice Rats (genus Oryzomys) of the United States and Mexico. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sei., Ill, pp. 273-295. (c) GOPHERS. 1895. ..."

3. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1907)
"Genus ORYZOMYS Baird (1887). Oryzomys BAIRD, Mam. N". Am., 1857, p. 458. Dentition.—I. \~~_\; M. 5-3 = 16. Typ? ..."

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