Handleyomys rostratus - #3508
Long-nosed Rice Rat
Collected at Mexico, Chiapas, Cintalapa municipality, 29. 4 km NW Cintalapa, Zona de Aprovechamiento Forestal los Ocotones, 1067 m, 16.770° N, 93.99° W. Formerly Oryzomys rostratus.
Geographic Distribution
Deciduous and evergreen tropical forests from C Tamaulipas to Oaxaca and Yucatán Peninsula, México, through Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, to S Nicaragua.
Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Handleyomys
Specific Epithet
rostratus
Image Location
Mexico, Chiapas, San Cristobal de las Casas municipality, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Image Date
17 February 2010
Photographer
J. Bolaños (contributed by C. Lorenzo)