''Handleyomys fuscatus'', also known as the dusky-footed Handley's mouseMusser, 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. or dusky-footed montane mouse, is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...

in the tribe

Oryzomyini Oryzomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Sigmodontinae of the family Cricetidae. It includes about 120 species in about thirty genera,Weksler et al., 2006, table 1 distributed from the eastern United States to the southernmost parts of ...

of family

Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, a ...

. It was previously placed in the genus ''

Aepeomys ''Aepeomys'' is a small genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. The species in this genus are found in Ecuador (''A. lugens'') and Venezuela (both species). It contains the following two species: * Olive montane mouse (''Aepeomys lugens'') * ...

'', but it is closely similar to ''

Handleyomys intectus The Colombian rice rat (''Handleyomys intectus''), also known as the white-footed Handley's mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae occurring only in Colombia. It was previously included in ''Oryzomys'', but closely resembles the ...

'' (previously ''Oryzomys intectus''), and accordingly both species were placed in the new genus ''Handleyomys'' in 2002. It is found only in Colombia.

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