Handleyomys rostratus

Handleyomys rostratus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Handleyomys
Species:	H. rostratus
Binomial name
Handleyomys rostratus (Merriam, 1901)
Synonyms
Oryzomys rostratus Merriam, 1901 [Handleyomys] rostratus: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Handleyomys rostratus, also known as the long-nosed oryzomys,^[2] long-nosed rice rat,^[1] or rusty rice rat^[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. It is nocturnal and is found in forests at elevations from sea level to 1200 meters.^[1]

References

1. Reid and Vázquez, 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

• Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 978-0-300-10398-4
• 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.
• Reid, F. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Handleyomys rostratus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
• 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.