Oryzomys texensis J. A. Allen, 1894

Braun, Janet K., Mares, Michael A., Coyner, Brandi S. & Loucks, Lynda S., 2020, New Records Of Mammals From Oklahoma, Occasional Papers of the Museum 364, pp. 1-24 : 14

Oryzomys texensis J. A. Allen, 1894

Texas Marsh Rice Rat

Specimens of O. texensis were reported from four counties by Caire et al. (1989), and observational records were reported for two additional counties. Oryzomys texensis is listed as a Tier III species by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation 2016). Since Caire et al. (1989), specimen records have been reported from Coal, Carter, and Mayes counties (Gettinger 1991), Choctaw and Okmulgee counties ( Braun and Revelez 2005), Wagoner County ( McDonald et al. 2006), and Le Flore County ( Braun et al. 2011). New specimen records are reported for Muskogee and Stephens counties, the latter being the westernmost record of the species in the state.

Specimen records (2). —Muskogee County (1): LCTA plot 511, Camp Gruber Maneuver Training Center, 1 (OMNH 37854). Stephens County (1): near Loco, 1 (CAS 21924).