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Handleyomys chapmani

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA RODENTIA CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name: Handleyomys chapmani
Species Authority: (Thomas, 1898)
Common Name/s:
English – Chapman's Rice Rat
Synonym/s:
Oryzomys chapmani Thomas, 1898
Taxonomic Notes: Pending revisionary work, Oryzomys chapmani has been provisionally reassigned to the new genus Handleyomys (Weksler et al. 2006).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2008
Assessor/s: Castro-Arellano, I. & Vázquez, E.
Reviewer/s: McKnight, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known from cloud forest elevations in the Sierra Madre Oriental (from Tamaulipas to Veracruz), the Sistema Montañosa (north Oaxaca), and the Sierra Madre del Sur (south Oaxaca), México (Ceballos and Oliva 2005). This species is found at 1,500-2,500 m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Mexico
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Population [top]

Population: No population information could be found.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species is poorly known. It is found in cloud forest (Musser and Carlton 2005). It has been known to tolerate anthropogenic disturbance (Ceballos and Oliva 2005).
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): This species is threatened by deforestation of its cloud forest habitat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: There are no specific conservation measures in place for this species. There are several protected areas within its range.
Citation: Castro-Arellano, I. & Vázquez, E. 2008. Handleyomys chapmani. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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