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Order RODENTIA 



print of a hind foot is more than 28 mm. (about \]/& inches) long 

 and may be confused with that of the Norway rat. 



Distribution. — The rice rat is little known in Illinois, having 

 been collected only~in some of the southernmost counties. The 

 subspecies in Illinois is Oryzomys palustris palustris (Harlan). 

 The range of the species includes an area that extends from 

 southern New Jersey westward to northwestern Arkansas and 



Fig. 93. — Known distribution, in the United States, of some ro- 

 dents with a restricted range in Illinois. 



