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Oryzomys gorgasi

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Oryzomys Gorgasi

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A federally endangered silver rice rat (Oryzomys palustris natator) on a US Navy property.

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WILD MOUSE eats APPLE SAUCE!! Marsh rice rat facts and eating apple sauce

Oryzomys gorgasi, also known as Gorgas's oryzomys or Gorgas's rice rat, is a rodent in the genus Oryzomys of family Cricetidae. First collected as a living animal in 1967, it is known from only a few localities, including a freshwater swamp in the lowlands of northwestern Colombia and a mangrove islet in northwestern Venezuela. It formerly occurred on the island of Curaçao off northwestern Venezuela; this extinct population has been described as a separate species, Oryzomys curasoae, but does not differ morphologically from mainland populations.