Handleyomys rhabdops
Handleyomys rhabdops | |
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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, 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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T15611A4897659. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T15611A4897659.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- 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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