Common Name
Coues' Rice Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Oryzomys couesi
Status
Lower Risk
States
Texas
Distribution
Extreme S Texas; Mexico, excluding NC plateau region, south through most of Central America, to NW Colombia; including Jamaica, Isla Cozumel, and allopatric populations in S Baja California Sur and WC Sonora
Notes
Semi-aquatic; swims well and usually dives into water if disturbed. Sometimes seen at night swimming in deep water at some distance from land. Lives in cattail and bulrush marshes, wet grassy areas near oxbow lakes in Texas; brackish or fresh water. Found