Handleyomys melanotis
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| Handleyomys melanotis | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Handleyomys |
| Species: | H. melanotis |
| Binomial name | |
| Handleyomys melanotis (Thomas, 1893) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oryzomys melanotis Thomas, 1893 | |
Handleyomys melanotis, also known as the Black-eared Oryzomys[2] or Black-eared Rice Rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in coastal lowland forest in western Mexico.[1]
References
Literature cited
- Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Handleyomys melanotis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- 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.
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