Dusky-footed Handley's Mouse
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''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 Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
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 S ...
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 over 870 species, it is either the largest or second-largest family ...
. 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 Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast ...
'', 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 Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
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* Handleyomys Endemic fauna of Colombia Mammals of Colombia Mammals described in 1912 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sigmodontinae-stub