Habitats: temperate wetland (3), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (5), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate coniferous forest (1)
Found in 25 samples
Belize: Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (old field), Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (dry, open woodland)
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, Cueva de Abra (Late Pleistocene)
United States: Bob White Memorial Wetlands Research and Teaching Station, Park Ranger Station No. 1, Croatan National Forest (open canopy pine plantation), Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve, Memphis, Kemper County, Ardis (Late Pleistocene), Saber-tooth Cave (Late Pleistocene), Golf Course (Late Pleistocene), Croley-Evans (Holocene), Watson Brake (3.2 mm fraction) (Holocene), Scovill (Holocene), Taylor Bayou (north bank) (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene)
See also Oryzomys couesi, Oryzomys palustris