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Handleyomys chapmani

Handleyomys chapmani
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Handleyomys
Species:	H. chapmani
Binomial name
Handleyomys chapmani (Thomas, 1898)
Synonyms
Oryzomys chapmani

Handleyomys chapmani, also known as Chapman's oryzomys^[2]orChapman's rice rat,^[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. It was previously placed in OryzomysasOryzomys chapmani, but has been provisionally transferred to the genus Handleyomys pending the description of a new genus to contain it.

Chapman's rice rat was named after Frank Michler Chapman.^[4]

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Literature cited[edit]

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3537): 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. S2CID 84088556.

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