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Oryzomys palustris
marsh rice rat
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Oryzomys palustris (Harlan, 1837)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		marsh rice rat
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Subclass Theria, Order Rodentia, Suborder Myomorpha, Family Cricetidae, Genus Oryzomys, Species Oryzomys palustris


Park Tags:
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Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		VA: S5
Evidence:		1 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Assateague Island National Seashore
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Thicket National Preserve
Buffalo National River	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Everglades National Park	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Petersburg National Battlefield
Piscataway Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve


Last Modified Date:	3/26/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 1/13/2026 1:32:32 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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