Handleyomys rhabdops explained

Handleyomys rhabdops, also known as the highland oryzomys^[1] or striped rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is nocturnal and is found in Guatemala and Mexico in montane forest at elevations from 1250 to 3250 m.

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.
• Vázquez, E.. Handleyomys rhabdops . 2019. 2019. . IUCN. e.T15611A22328169 . 11 December 2019.
• Weksler . M. . Percequillo . A. R. . Voss . R. S. . Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) . American Museum Novitates . 3537 . 1–29 . . New York . 19 October 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