Handleyomys saturatior
Handleyomys saturatior, also known as the cloud forest oryzomys[2] or cloud forest rice rat,[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua in cloud forest at elevations from 750 to 2500 m.[3] It was previously placed in the genus Oryzomys.
| Handleyomys saturatior | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Handleyomys |
| Species: | H. saturatior |
| Binomial name | |
| Handleyomys saturatior (Merriam, 1901) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oryzomys saturatior Merriam, 1901 | |
References
- McCarthy, T.; Vázquez, E.; Emmons, L. (2020). "Handleyomys saturatior". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15613A22328431. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T15613A22328431.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Musser and Carleton, 2005
- Reid et al., 2008
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.
- Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (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. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 84088556.
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