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Common terrestrial rice rat

Common Terrestrial Rice Rat
Oryzomys capito Common Terrestrial Rice Rat image
Size: body=12 cm; tail=12 cm; weight=50 g 
Description: Medium-sized, terrestrial, dark mouse. Upperparts dark, blackish or reddish-brown, sides paler or orangish; belly greyish-white. Ears medium-sized, blackish, and nearly naked. Dark tail is about equal to, or slightly longer than, head and body, and nearly naked with no terminal tuft. Hind feet relatively long and narrow. Juvenile is grey, young adult dark brown, and old adult is sometimes reddish. 
Activity: Nocturnal, terrestrial. 
Habits: Solitary. Found on the forest floor, particularly in areas with good ground cover, near fallen logs and tree roots, where it forages for seeds, fruits, and insects. 
Habitat: Primary or secondary forest and forest edge. Frequents most habitat types but most often encountered in terra firme forest or near very small creeks. 
Status: The most common mouse-like rodent in Iwokrama. 
Distribution in Iwokrama

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