Handleyomys alfaroi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:

Handleyomys alfaroi

Species Authority

(J.A. Allen, 1891)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Alfaro's Rice Rat

Synonym/s:

Oryzomys alfaroi

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Timm, R., Matson, J., Tirira, D., Boada, C., Weksler, M., Anderson, R. P., Rivas, B., Delgado, C. & Gómez-Laverde, M.

Evaluator/s:

McKnight, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority)

Justification:
This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, tolerance of a broad range of habitats, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and because it does not appear to be under threat and is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

History:

1996

–

Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in lowland to lower montane forests from south Tamaulipas and Oaxaca, México, through Central America, to western Colombia and Ecuador (Musser and Carleton 2005). Found below 2,500 m (in Mesoamerica generally below 1,500 m).
Countries:	Native: Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama

Population [top]

Population:	This species is uncommon (Reid 1997) to moderately common.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is nocturnal and terrestrial in forest and forest edge (Reid 1997).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats at this time; however, deforestation is an important influence on its extent of occurrence.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats at this time; however, deforestation is an important influence on its extent of occurrence.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in several protected areas. No conservation measures are needed for this species.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in several protected areas. No conservation measures are needed for this species.

Citation:	IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 October 2008.
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