Handleyomys fuscatus

Handleyomys fuscatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Handleyomys
Species: H. fuscatus
Binomial name
Handleyomys fuscatus
(J.A. Allen, 1912)
Synonyms

Aepeomys fuscatus
Thomasomys fuscatus

Handleyomys fuscatus, also known as the dusky-footed Handley's mouse[1] or dusky-footed montane mouse,[2] is a species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It was previously placed in the genus Aepeomys, but it is closely similar to Handleyomys intectus (previously Oryzomys intectus), and accordingly both species were placed in the new genus Handleyomys in 2002. It is found only in Colombia.

References

  1. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  2. Gómez-Laverde et al., 2008

Literature cited

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