Handleyomys saturatior explained

Handleyomys saturatior, also known as the cloud forest oryzomys^[1] or cloud forest rice rat,^[2] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae.It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua in cloud forest at elevations from 750 to 2500 m.^[2] It was previously placed in the genus Oryzomys.

Literature cited

• 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.
• Weksler . M. . Percequillo . A. R. . Voss . R. S. . Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) . American Museum Novitates . 3537 . 1–29 . . New York . 2006 . 2246/5815 . 0003-0082. 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. 84088556 .

Notes and References

1. Musser and Carleton, 2005
2. Reid et al., 2008