Handleyomys alfaroi

Species of rodent

Handleyomys alfaroi
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Skull of Handleyomys alfaroi from Cana, Panama.
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Handleyomys
Species:
H. alfaroi
Binomial name
Handleyomys alfaroi
(Allen, 1891)
Synonyms

Oryzomys alfaroi Allen, 1891

Handleyomys alfaroi, also known as Alfaro's rice rat[1] or Alfaro's oryzomys,[2] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. It was previously included in Oryzomys as Oryzomys alfaroi. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical lowland or montane dry forests at elevations ranging from sea level to 2500 m.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Timm, R.; Matson, J.; Tirira, D.; Boada, C.; Weksler, M.; Anderson, R. P.; Rivas, B.; Delgado, C. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Handleyomys alfaroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15585A115127897. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15585A22328641.en. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  2. ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Literature cited

  • Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (19 October 2006). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537). New York: American Museum of Natural History: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 84088556.
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Species of tribe Oryzomyini (rice rats)
Aegialomys†AgathaeromysAmphinectomys†CarletonomysCerradomysDrymoreomysEremoryzomysEuryoryzomysHandleyomysHolochilusHylaeamysLundomys†MegalomysMelanomysMicroakodontomysMicroryzomysMindomysNeacomysNectomysNephelomysNesoryzomys†NoronhomysOecomysOligoryzomysOreoryzomysOryzomys†PennatomysPseudoryzomys†ReigomysScolomysSigmodontomysSooretamysTransandinomysZygodontomysIncertae sedis
Taxon identifiers
Handleyomys alfaroi


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