Handleyomys alfaroi
| Handleyomys alfaroi | |
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| Skull of Handleyomys alfaroi from Cana, Panama. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Handleyomys |
| Species: | H. alfaroi |
| Binomial name | |
| Handleyomys alfaroi (Allen, 1891) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
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.
- Timm, R., Matson, J., Tirira, D., Boada, C., Weksler, M., Anderson, R. P., Rivas, B., Delgado, C. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). Handleyomys alfaroi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- 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. ISSN 0003-0082. hdl:2246/5815.
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