Handleyomys rhabdops

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

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. 1 2 3 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". 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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