Colombian Rice Rat
Encyclopedia
Handleyomys intectus, also known as the White-footed Handley's Mouse or Colombian Rice Rat, is a species of rodent
in the genus Handleyomys
of family Cricetidae
. It occurs only in Colombia
. It was previously included in Oryzomys
(as Oryzomys intectus), but is closely similar to Handleyomys fuscatus (previously Aepeomys
fuscatus), and accordingly both species were placed in the new genus Handleyomys in 2002.
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
in the genus Handleyomys
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...
of family Cricetidae
Cricetidae
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice...
. It occurs only in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. It was previously included in Oryzomys
Oryzomys
Oryzomys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini living in southern North America and far northern South America. It includes eight species, two of which—the marsh rice rat of the United States and O. couesi of Mexico and Central America—are widespread; the six others have...
(as Oryzomys intectus), but is closely similar to Handleyomys fuscatus (previously Aepeomys
Aepeomys
Aepeomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It contains the following species:* Olive Montane Mouse * Reig's Montane Mouse...
fuscatus), and accordingly both species were placed in the new genus Handleyomys in 2002.
Literature cited
- Gómez-Laverde, M. & Delgado, C. 2008. Handleyomys intectus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 April 2009.
- 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. | issn = 0003-0082| doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2}}