Oryzomys couesi (rodent)
Variant names: Oryzomys azuerensis

Mass: 27.1 g based on Vâzquez et al. 2000

Abundance: 0.50 to 59.67% (median 8.11%)

Latitudinal range: 8.7° to 19.9°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2)

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Found in 7 samples

Colombia: San Marcos (rural)

Mexico: Misantla (small mammals, dry season), Las Joyas Scientific Station (cloud forest), Las Joyas Scientific Station (disturbed area), Chamela Biological Station, Cuauhtémoc, Playa de Oro

Size measurements:
body mass27.7 gN = 60Vâzquez et al. 2000
body mass24.4 gN = 13Vâzquez et al. 2000
♂ ear length13 mmN = 1Allen 1910
♂ ear length13.3 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ head and body length160 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♀ hind foot length32 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♀ hind foot length28 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♀ hind foot length30 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ hind foot length32.5 mmN = 1Allen 1910
♂ hind foot length36 mmN = 1Goldman 1915
♂ hind foot length35 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ hind foot length37.5 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ hind foot length35 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ hind foot length35 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ hind foot length33.5 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ hind foot length31.3 mmN = 10Merriam 1901
♂ hind foot length33 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ hind foot length32.5 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
hind foot length34.5 mmN = 5Merriam 1901
hind foot length33 mmN = 2Merriam 1901
hind foot length31 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
hind foot length31 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
hind foot length30.5 mmN = 5Merriam 1901
♂ skull length31 mmN = 1Allen 1910
♂ skull length33.4 mmN = 1Goldman 1915
♂ skull width17 mmN = 1Allen 1910
♂ skull width18.3 mmN = 1Goldman 1915
♀ tail length139 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♀ tail length136 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♀ tail length124 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ tail length150 mmN = 1Allen 1910
♂ tail length169 mmN = 1Goldman 1915
♂ tail length182 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ tail length151 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ tail length154 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ tail length167 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ tail length150 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ tail length137 mmN = 10Merriam 1901
♂ tail length152 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ tail length129 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
tail length176 mmN = 5Merriam 1901
tail length139 mmN = 2Merriam 1901
tail length140.5 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
tail length134 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
tail length131 mmN = 5Merriam 1901
♀ total body length270 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♀ total body length250 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♀ total body length233 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ total body length270 mmN = 1Allen 1910
♂ total body length305 mmN = 1Goldman 1915
♂ total body length332 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ total body length290 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ total body length294 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ total body length295 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ total body length275 mmN = 10Merriam 1901
♂ total body length290 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
♂ total body length259 mmN = 1Merriam 1901
total body length315 mmN = 5Merriam 1901
total body length275 mmN = 2Merriam 1901
total body length266 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
total body length251 mmN = 6Merriam 1901
total body length252 mmN = 5Merriam 1901
♂ upper tooth row length5 mmN = 1Allen 1910
♂ upper tooth row length4.9 mmN = 1Goldman 1915

See also Oryzomys, Oryzomys alfaroi, Oryzomys angouya, Oryzomys capito, Oryzomys chapmani, Oryzomys longicaudatus, Oryzomys melanotis, Oryzomys nigripes, Oryzomys palustris, Oryzomys sp.