Handleyomys alfaroi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Handleyomys |
| Species: | H. alfaroi
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| Binomial name | |
| Handleyomys alfaroi (Allen, 1891)
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Oryzomys alfaroi Allen, 1891 | |
Handleyomys alfaroi, also known as Alfaro's rice rat[1] or Alfaro's oryzomys,[2] 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.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Timm, R.; Matson, J.; Tirira, D.; Boada, C.; Weksler, M.; Anderson, R. P.; Rivas, B.; Delgado, C. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Handleyomys alfaroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15585A115127897. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15585A22328641.en. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Literature cited
[edit]- Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (19 October 2006). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537). New York: American Museum of Natural History: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 84088556.
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