Biology:Handleyomys

Short description: Genus of rodents

Handleyomys
Handleyomys alfaroi skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
Handleyomys alfaroi Handleyomys chapmani Handleyomys fuscatus Handleyomys intectus Handleyomys melanotis Handleyomys rhabdops Handleyomys rostratus Handleyomys saturatior

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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000662. 
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (American Museum of Natural History) (3537): 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR2.0.CO;2]. https://zenodo.org/record/5385275. 

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