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Handleyomys saturatior

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Rodentia

Genus
  
Handleyomys

Higher classification
  
Oryzomys

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cricetidae

Scientific name
  
Handleyomys saturatior

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Alfaro's Rice Rat, Oryzomys dimidiatus, Bolivar Rice Rat

Handleyomys saturatior, also known as the cloud forest oryzomys or cloud forest rice rat, 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. It was previously placed in the genus Oryzomys.

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.; Emmons, L. & McCarthy, T. (2008). "Handleyomys saturatior". 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. (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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