Handleyomys saturatior | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Handleyomys |
Species: | H. saturatior
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Binomial name | |
Handleyomys saturatior (Merriam, 1901)
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Synonyms | |
Oryzomys saturatior Merriam, 1901 |
Handleyomys saturatior, also known as the cloud forest oryzomys[2] or cloud forest rice rat,[3] 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.[3] It was previously placed in the genus Oryzomys.