Handleyomys (Goldman, 1915)
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414. View Plate 20: Cricetidae
Guerrero Rice Rat
“Handleyomys™ guerrerensis View in CoL
French: Oryzomys du Guerrero / German: Guerrero-Reisratte / Spanish: Rata arrocera de Guerrero
Taxonomy. Oryzomys guerrerensis Goldman, 1915 View in CoL , Omilteme, 8000 ft (= 2438 m), Guerrero, Mexico.
Following the molecular study of A. L. Almendra and colleagues in 2014, guerrerensis 1s resurrected as a full species here; it had been largely subsumed under chapmani. Monotypic.
Distribution. Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 105-110 mm, tail 116-118 mm, hindfoot 26-5-27 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Guerrero Rice Rat is a medium-sized species of “ Handleyomys ,” with dark ocherous buff to dark ocherous tawny dorsum, purest in color on cheeks, shoulders, and sides; face, top of head, and back darkened by moderate mix of black hair; underparts are dull grayish white; outer and inner sides of ears are covered with deep glossy black hair; feet are whitish; and tail is brownish above, irregularly yellowish below to near tip, which is dusky all around.
Habitat. Cloud forests at elevations of 1000-2500 m.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. The Guerrero Rice Rat is nocturnal and terrestrial.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List.
Bibliography. Aimendra et al. (2014), Goldman (1915a, 1918a), Villalba (2015).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Handleyomys
| Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017 |
Oryzomys guerrerensis
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