Handleyomys alfaroi

Handleyomys alfaroi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Handleyomys
Species:	H. alfaroi
Binomial name
Handleyomys alfaroi (Allen, 1891)
Synonyms
Oryzomys alfaroiAllen, 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

1. 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.
2. 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

• 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.