Handleyomys 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.
| Handleyomys fuscatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Handleyomys |
| Species: | H. fuscatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Handleyomys fuscatus (J.A. Allen, 1912) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aepeomys fuscatus | |
References
- 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.
- Gómez-Laverde, M., Delgado, C. & Pacheco, V. 2008. Handleyomys fuscatus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 April 2009.
Further reading
- Weksler, Marcelo; Percequillo, Alexandre Reis; Voss, Robert S. (2006). "Ten New Genera of Oryzomyine Rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. 3537 (1): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815.
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