Handleyomys rhabdops

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]

Handleyomys rhabdops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Handleyomys
Species:
H. rhabdops
Binomial name
Handleyomys rhabdops
(Merriam, 1901)
Synonyms

Oryzomys rhabdops Merriam, 1901
[Handleyomys] rhabdops: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

References

  1. Vázquez, 2019
  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.
  • Vázquez, E. (2019). "Handleyomys rhabdops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T15611A22328169. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  • Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (19 October 2006). "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. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082.


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