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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Handleyomys
Species:
H. saturatior
Binomial name
Handleyomys saturatior
(Merriam, 1901)
Synonyms

Oryzomys saturatior Merriam, 1901
[Handleyomys] saturatior: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

References

  1. McCarthy, T., Vázquez, E. & Emmons, L. (2020). "Handleyomys saturatior". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15613A22328431. Retrieved 10 July 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. Reid et al., 2008

Literature cited


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