Handleyomys melanotis

Handleyomys melanotis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
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. ^ a b c Álvarez-Castañeda et al., 2008
  2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
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Literature cited

  • Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Handleyomys melanotis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  • 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.
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