Handleyomys melanotis

Handleyomys melanotis
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. melanotis
Binomial name
Handleyomys melanotis (Thomas, 1893)
Synonyms
Oryzomys melanotis Thomas, 1893 [Handleyomys] melanotis: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Handleyomys melanotis, also known as the black-eared oryzomys ^[2] or black-eared rice rat, ^[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in coastal lowland forest in western Mexico. ^[1]

References

1. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. (2016). "Handleyomys melanotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T15606A22328750. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15606A22328750.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.