Alfaro's Rice Rat
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Oryzomys alfaroi (J.A. Allen, 1891) |
Alfaro's Rice Rat (Oryzomys alfaroi) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Oryzomys alfaroi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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.