Handleyomys melanotis

Handleyomys melanotis
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Handleyomys
Species:	H. melanotis
Binomial name
Handleyomys melanotis (Thomas, 1893)
Synonyms
Oryzomys melanotis Thomas, 1893 [Handleyomys] melanotis: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Handleyomys melanotis, also known as the Black-eared Oryzomys^[2] or Black-eared Rice Rat,^[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in coastal lowland forest in western Mexico.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Álvarez-Castañeda et al., 2008
2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Handleyomys melanotis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 April 2009.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.