Tanyuromys thomasleei

Timm, Pine, & J. D. Hanson, 2018

Thomas Lee's Rice Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Oryzomyini
Genus : Tanyuromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Timm, R.M., Pine, R.H. and Hanson, J.D. 2018-04-27. A new species of Tanyuromys Pine, Timm, and Weksler, 2012 (Cricetidae: Oryzomyini), with comments on relationships within the Oryzomyini. Journal of Mammalogy 99(3):608-623.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy042

Original name as described

Tanyuromys thomasleei

Other common names

Thomas Lee's Rice Water Rat

Type material

QCAZ 10427

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

lower W slope of Volcán Cotacachi (00° 19′ 51″ N, 78° 55′ 55″ W), 702 m, 10 km E Santa Rosa, Imbabura, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on specimens previously attributed to T. aphrastus

Taxonomy notes citation

Timm, R. M., Pine, R. H., & Hanson, J. D. (2018). A new species of Tanyuromys Pine, Timm, and Weksler, 2012 (Cricetidae: Oryzomyini), with comments on relationships within the Oryzomyini. Journal of Mammalogy, 99(3), 608-623.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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