- Handleyomys rhabdops
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Handleyomys rhabdops Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Handleyomys Species: H. rhabdops Binomial name Handleyomys rhabdops
(Merriam, 1901)Synonyms Oryzomys rhabdops Merriam, 1901
[Handleyomys] rhabdops: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006Handleyomys rhabdops, also known as the Highland Oryzomys[2] or Striped Rice Rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is nocturnal and is found in Guatemala and Mexico in montane forest at elevations from 1250 to 3250 m.[1]
References
Literature cited
- 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.
- Reid, F. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Handleyomys rhabdops. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 April 2009.
- Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (New York: American Museum of Natural History) 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082. hdl:2246/5815.
Categories:- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Mammals of Guatemala
- Mammals of Mexico
- Oryzomyini
- Sigmodontinae stubs
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