Handleyomys fuscatus

Handleyomys fuscatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Handleyomys
Species:	H. fuscatus
Binomial name
Handleyomys fuscatus (J.A. Allen, 1912)
Synonyms
Aepeomys fuscatus Thomasomys fuscatus

Handleyomys fuscatus, also known as the dusky-footed Handley's mouse^[1] or dusky-footed montane mouse,^[2] is a species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It was previously placed in the genus Aepeomys, but it is closely similar to Handleyomys intectus (previously Oryzomys intectus), and accordingly both species were placed in the new genus Handleyomys in 2002. It is found only in Colombia.

References

1. Musser and Carleton, 2005
2. Gómez-Laverde et al., 2008

Literature cited

• Gómez-Laverde, M., Delgado, C. & Pacheco, V. 2008. Handleyomys fuscatus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 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.
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (19 October 2006). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. New York: American Museum of Natural History. 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082. hdl:2246/5815.