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Handleyomys alfaroi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Rodentia

Genus
  
Handleyomys

Mass
  
33 g (Adult)

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cricetidae

Scientific name
  
Handleyomys alfaroi

Higher classification
  
Oryzomys

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Conservation status
  
Least Concern (Population stable)

Similar
  
Bolivar Rice Rat, Talamancan Rice Rat, Oryzomys, Mammal, Melanomys caliginosus

Momotus momota con handleyomys alfaroi


Handleyomys alfaroi, also known as Alfaro's rice rat or Alfaro's oryzomys, 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.

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  • 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 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. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082. 

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