Thomasomys aureus

(Tomes, 1860)

Golden Oldfield Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tomes, R.F. 1860-08. Notes on a second collection of Mammalia made by Mr. Fraser in the Republic of Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860(2):211-221.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866757

Original name as described

Hesperomys aureus

Other common names

Golden Thomasomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.104

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4948763e-c81a-4875-90cc-8aa184d6b833

Type locality

type locality not given. According to R. S. Voss in 1993, the type locality is uncertain.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. princeps

Taxonomy notes citation

Pacheco, V. (2003). Phylogenetic analyses of the Thomasomyini (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae) based on morphological data. Ph.D. dissertation, City University, New York.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002787

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Thomasomys aureus altorum

J. A. Allen, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

altorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-36280

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-36280

Authority page

200

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Hesperomys aureus

(Tomes, 1860)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.104

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4948763e-c81a-4875-90cc-8aa184d6b833

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866757

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Thomasomys aureus

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:471, 472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/96801180/22366616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Thomasomys aureus aureus

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Thomasomys pichinchius

Lönnberg, 1921

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pichinchius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6413165

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

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