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- noun Any member of the
rodent tribe Oryzomyini, including therice rats .
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Only distantly related to these are Holochilus (the web-footed rats), Nectomys (the Neotropical water rats) and the recently discovered, poorly known Lundomys and Amphinectomys, all of which seem to be part of the rice rat [oryzomyine] group.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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