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Handleyomys melanotis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Handleyomys
Species:	H. melanotis
Binomial name
Handleyomys melanotis (Thomas, 1893)
Synonyms
Oryzomys melanotis Thomas, 1893 melanotis: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Handleyomys melanotis, also known as the black-eared oryzomys or black-eared rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in coastal lowland forest in western Mexico.

References

1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. (2016). "Handleyomys melanotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15606A22328750. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15606A22328750.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• 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.

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