Handleyomys rhabdops

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Kingdom Animalia Order Rodentia Genus Handleyomys Higher classification Handleyomys		Phylum Chordata Family Cricetidae Scientific name Handleyomys rhabdops Rank Species
Similar Oryzomys dimidiatus, Nephelomys pirrensis, Oryzomys albiventer

Handleyomys rhabdops, also known as the highland oryzomys or striped rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is nocturnal and is found in Guatemala and Mexico in montane forest at elevations from 1250 to 3250 m.

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.

Reid, F. & Vázquez, E. (2008). "Handleyomys rhabdops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 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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