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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Coues's Rice Rat

For Students 4th - 8th
Coues's rice rats prefer cattail-bulrush marshes for habitat. Like the closely related Marsh rice rat, Coues is thought to be highly aquatic, active at night, and carnivorous. Learn more about the Oryzomys couesi, more commonly known as...