Thomasomys baeops

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Short-faced 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

Thomas, O. 1899-02-01. On new small mammals from South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)3(14):152-155.

Original name as described

Oryzomys baeops

Other common names

Beady-eyed Mouse · Short-faced Thomasomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.8.1.7

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Pita R[iver]., 3500 m, above the Chillo Valley, Pichincha, Ecuador. Alt. 3500 metres."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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