Chapman's rice rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Chapman's rice rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Handleyomys chapmani
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the Chapman's rice rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Chapman's rice rat in 1 country or territory across North America.

Mexico

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Chapman's rice rat endangered?

The Chapman's rice rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Chapman's rice rat?

The Chapman's rice rat (Handleyomys chapmani) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Handleyomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Chapman's rice rat

Casiomys chapmani, also known as Chapman's oryzomys or Chapman's rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Casiomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. It was previously placed in the genus Oryzomys as Oryzomys chapmani, but was then provisionally transferred to the genus Handleyomys along with five other species in the "alfaroi group" pending the description of a new genus to contain it. These species were placed in the newly described genus Casiomys in 2024, which contains rodent species that live in the region spanning central Mexico to northwestern South America and have 54 to 64 diploid chromosomes.

Chapman's rice rat was named after Frank Michler Chapman.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chapman's rice rat (revision 1371637242), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1762088 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).