Handleyomys fuscatus (J. A. Allen 1912)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1118

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11325158
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scientific name	Handleyomys fuscatus (J. A. Allen 1912)
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Handleyomys fuscatus (J. A. Allen 1912) View in CoL

[Aepeomys] fuscatus J. A. Allen 1912 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 31: 89.

Type Locality: Colombia, Valle del Cauca Dept., San Antonio, near Cali, 7000 ft (2134 m).

Vernacular Names: Dusky-footed Handley's Mouse.

Distribution: Cordillera Occidental, 1700-2580 m, W Colombia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Aepomys fuscatus .

Discussion: Formerly ranked as a species of Thomasomys ( Ellerman, 1941) , subspecies of Aepeomys lugens (Cabrera, 1961) , or usually a species of Aepeomys ( Gardner and Patton, 1976; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Karyotype highly divergent among oryzomyines and thomasomyines reported by Gardner and Patton (1976). Specific status reinforced by Voss et al. (2002), who morphologically and morphometrically contrasted it to H. intectus .