Oryzomyini

Oryzomyini Temporal range: Pleistocene – recent
Marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Oryzomyini Vorontzov, 1959
Type genus
Oryzomys Baird, 1858
Genera
Aegialomys †Agathaeromys Amphinectomys †Antillomys †Carletonomys Cerradomys Drymoreomys †Dushimys †"Ekbletomys" Eremoryzomys Euryoryzomys Handleyomys Holochilus Hylaeamys Lundomys †Megalomys †Megaoryzomys Melanomys Microakodontomys Microryzomys Mindomys Neacomys Nectomys Nephelomys Nesoryzomys †Noronhomys Oecomys Oligoryzomys Oreoryzomys Oryzomys †Pennatomys Pseudoryzomys †Reigomys Scolomys Sigmodontomys Sooretamys Tanyuromys Transandinomys Zygodontomys
Diversity
About 120 species in about 30 genera
Synonyms
Oryzomyini Vorontsov, 1959 Zygodontomyini Eisenberg, 1989 (nomen nudum)

Oryzomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Sigmodontinae of the family Cricetidae. It includes about 120 species in about thirty genera,^[1] distributed from the eastern United States to the southernmost parts of South America, including many offshore islands. It is part of the clade Oryzomyalia, which includes most of the South American Sigmodontinae.

The name Oryzomyini derives from that of its type genus, Oryzomys, which means "rice rat" or "rice mouse". Many species are also known as rice rats.