Thomasomys australis

H. E. Anthony, 1925

Austral 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

Authority citation

Anthony, H.E. 1925-06-22. New species and subspecies of Thomasomys. American Museum Novitates 178:1-4.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170300

Original name as described

Thomasomys daphne australis

Other common names

Austral Thomasomys

Type material

AMNH M-38550

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-38550

Type locality

Incachaca, 7700 feet (= 2347 m), Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

split from T. daphne

Taxonomy notes citation

Voss, R. S. (2003). A new species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern Ecuador, with remarks on mammalian diversity and biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental. American Museum Novitates, 3421, 1-47.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002789

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 daphne australis

H. E. Anthony, 1925

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-38550

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-38550

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Anderson (1997:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Thomasomys australis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

502

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/96791089/96791092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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