Handleyomys melanotis

Handleyomys melanotis
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Handleyomys
Species: H. melanotis
Binomial name
Handleyomys melanotis
(Thomas, 1893)
Synonyms

Oryzomys melanotis Thomas, 1893
[Handleyomys] melanotis: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Álvarez-Castañeda et al., 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

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