Handleyomys rostratus

Handleyomys rostratus, also known as the long-nosed oryzomys,[2] long-nosed rice rat,[1] or rusty rice rat[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae.[4] It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. It is nocturnal and is found in forests at elevations above sea level to 1200 meters.[1] The Handleyomys rostratus attains its highest level of development in south and Central America.[5] High rates of deforestation and habitat destruction are the biggest threat to the Handleyomys rostratus.[6]

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

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

References
  1. Reid and Vázquez, 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. Duff and Lawson, 2004
  4. González-Cózatl, Francisco X.; Rogers, Duke S.; Almendra, Ana Laura (19 February 2014). "Molecular phylogenetics of the Handleyomys chapmani complex in Mesoamerica". Journal of Mammalogy. 95 (1): 26–40. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-044.1. ISSN 0022-2372.
  5. Merriam, Clinton Hart (1901). Synopsis of the Rice Rats (genus Oryzomys) of the United States and Mexico. The Academy.
  6. Almendra, Ana Laura; González-Cózatl, Francisco X.; Engstrom, Mark D.; Rogers, Duke S. (1 November 2018). "Evolutionary relationships and climatic niche evolution in the genus Handleyomys (Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 128: 12–25. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.018. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29906608.

Literature cited
  • Almendra, Ana Laura; González-Cózatl, Francisco X.; Engstrom, Mark D.; Rogers, Duke S. (1 November 2018). "Evolutionary relationships and climatic niche evolution in the genus Handleyomys (Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 128: 12–25. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.018. ISSN 1055-7903.
  • Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 978-0-300-10398-4
  • 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.
  • Merriam, Clinton Hart (1901). Synopsis of the Rice Rats (genus Oryzomys) of the United States and Mexico. The Academy.
  • Reid, F. & Vázquez, E. (2008). "Handleyomys rostratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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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