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Coues's Marsh Rice Rat

Oryzomys couesi

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 20, February 19, March 22, April 42, May 26, June 12, July 11, August 12, September 14, October 15, November 19, December 19.
United States232
Texas231
Mexico11
Nuevo Leon3
Campeche2
Tamaulipas2
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave2
Arkansas1
Quintana Roo1
Tabasco1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyHamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies · Cricetidae
GenusOryzomys

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Remember the name next time.

Practise Coues's Marsh Rice Rat with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.