Dusky Montane Mouse
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Handleyomys fuscatus, also known as the Dusky-footed Handley's Mouse or Dusky-footed Montane Mouse, is a species of rodent
in the tribe Oryzomyini
of family Cricetidae
. It was previously placed in the genus Aepeomys
, but it is closely similar to Handleyomys intectus (previously Oryzomys intectus), and accordingly both species were placed in the new genus Handleyomys in 2002. It is found only in Colombia
.
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 tribe Oryzomyini
Oryzomyini
Oryzomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Sigmodontinae of family Cricetidae. It includes about 120 species in about thirty genera, distributed from the eastern United States to the southernmost parts of South America, including many offshore islands...
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 was previously placed in the genus Aepeomys
Aepeomys
Aepeomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It contains the following species:* Olive Montane Mouse * Reig's Montane Mouse...
, but it is closely similar to Handleyomys intectus (previously Oryzomys intectus), and accordingly both species were placed in the new genus Handleyomys in 2002. It is found 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...
.
Literature cited
- Gómez-Laverde, M., Delgado, C. & Pacheco, V. 2008. Handleyomys fuscatus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 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}}