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Nelson's Rice Rat
The Nelson's Rice Rat (Oryzomys nelsoni) is an extinct species of rice rat from damp thickets in the vicinity of springs near the summit of Maria Madre Island , in the Tres Marias Group, off the coast of western Mexico. Four specimens were collected on 18th May 1897. The rice rat may have disappeared due to introduced rats and cats.
The binomial of this species commemorates the American naturalist Edward William Nelson .
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