Handleyomys saturatior
(C. H. Merriam, 1901)
Cloud Forest Rice Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Oryzomyini |
| Genus | : Handleyomys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Merriam, C.H. 1901-07-26. Synopsis of the rice rats (genus Oryzomys) of the United States and Mexico. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 3:273-295.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873156Original name as described
Oryzomys chapmani saturatior
Other common names
Cloud Forest Oryzomys
Type material
USNM:MAMM:76183
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3da86c324-e8cb-4d9b-bef5-993a6932c72aType locality
Tumbala, 5000 ft (= 1524 m), Chiapas, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua
Taxonomy notes
moved from Oryzomys to Handleyomys
Taxonomy notes citation
Weksler, M., Percequillo, A. R., & Voss, R. S. (2006). Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates, 2006(3537), 1-29.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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