Handleyomys alfaroi

Handleyomys alfaroi, also known as Alfaro's rice rat[1] or Alfaro's oryzomys,[2] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. It was previously included in Oryzomys as Oryzomys alfaroi. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical lowland or montane dry forests at elevations ranging from sea level to 2500 m.[1]

Handleyomys alfaroi
Skull of Handleyomys alfaroi from Cana, Panama.
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. alfaroi
Binomial name
Handleyomys alfaroi (Allen, 1891)
Synonyms
Oryzomys alfaroi Allen, 1891

References

1. Timm et al., 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• 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.
• Timm, R.; Matson, J.; Tirira, D.; Boada, C.; Weksler, M.; Anderson, R. P.; Rivas, B.; Delgado, C. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). "Handleyomys alfaroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
• 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. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082.