Handleyomys
| Handleyomys | |
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| Handleyomys alfaroi skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Oryzomyini |
| Genus: | Handleyomys Voss, Gómez-Laverde, and Pacheco, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Aepeomys fuscatus J.A. Allen, 1912 | |
| Species | |
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Handleyomys alfaroi | |
Handleyomys is a genus of Central and South American rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It was first described in 2002 to include two species from the Colombian Andes which were previously included in distinct and unrelated genera, Aepeomys and Oryzomys, but which turned out to be closely related. Later, in 2006, six other species were provisionally added from Oryzomys; these are expected to be placed in new genera in the future.
The genus now includes the following species:
- Handleyomys alfaroi
- Handleyomys chapmani
- Handleyomys fuscatus
- Handleyomys intectus
- Handleyomys melanotis
- Handleyomys rhabdops
- Handleyomys rostratus
- Handleyomys saturatior
Literature cited
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Weksler, M., A. R. Percequillo, and R.S. Voss. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537:1–29.
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