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Handleyomys
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 were moved to Casiomys in 2024.
The genus is named after Charles O. Handley Jr., a mammalogist from the National Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Alfaro's rice rat
speciesHandleyomys alfaroi
long-nosed rice rat
speciesHandleyomys rostratus
Black-eared Rice Rat
speciesHandleyomys melanotis
Guerrero Rice Rat
speciesHandleyomys guerrerensis
cloud forest rice rat
speciesHandleyomys saturatior
Chapman's Rice Rat
speciesHandleyomys chapmani
striped rice rat
speciesHandleyomys rhabdops
dusky montane mouse
speciesHandleyomys fuscatus
Colombian rice rat
speciesHandleyomys intectus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71852.