| Colombian Rice Rat |
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| Scientific classification |
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Animalia
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Chordata
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Mammalia
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| Order: |
Rodentia
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Cricetidae
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| Genus: |
Handleyomys
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H. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Rodentia is an order of Mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must The Cricetidae are a family of Rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. intectus
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| Binomial name |
Handleyomys intectus
(Thomas, 1921) |
The Colombian Rice Rat (Handleyomys intectus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. (Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas FRS ( February 21, 1858 &ndash June 16, 1929) was a British Zoologist. Rodentia is an order of Mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must The Cricetidae are a family of Rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It is found only in Colombia. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Oryzomys intectus. 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.
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