Handleyomys chapmani

Handleyomys chapmani
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Handleyomys
Species:	H. chapmani
Binomial name
Handleyomys chapmani (Thomas, 1898)
Synonyms
Oryzomys chapmani

Handleyomys chapmani, also known as Chapman's Oryzomys^[1] or Chapman's Rice Rat,^[2] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. It was previously placed in Oryzomys as Oryzomys chapmani, but has been provisionally transferred to the genus Handleyomys pending the description of a new genus to contain it.

References

1. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
2. ^ Baillie, 1996

Literature cited

• Baillie, J. 1996. Oryzomys chapmani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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., A. R. Percequillo, and R.S. Voss. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537:1–29.