Handleyomys rhabdops

Handleyomys rhabdops
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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, 2006

Handleyomys 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

1. ^ ^{a b c} Reid and Vázquez, 2008
2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005

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.