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Also known as: Oryzomys palustris

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carrier of Bayou virus

In hantavirus
…by the marsh rice rat, Oryzomys palustris); Chile and Argentina, caused by the Andes virus (carried by Oligoryzomys longicaudatus, a species of pygmy rice rat); and Central America, caused by the Choclo virus (carried by Oligoryzomys fulvescens, another pygmy rice rat).
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classification of rice rat

In rice rat
…1858, it included only the marsh rice rat (O. palustris), a pest of rice plantations in the southeastern United States during the colonial period. This species is now most commonly found in coastal marshes (an environment similar to inundated rice fields) and also occurs in forest clearings of grass and…
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