Thomasomys caudivarius

H. E. Anthony, 1923

White-tipped 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

Anthony, H.E. 1923-01-31. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 3. American Museum Novitates 55:1-14.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170547

Original name as described

Thomasomys caudivarius

Other common names

White-tipped Thomasomys

Type material

AMNH M-47668

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47668

Type locality

"Taraguacocha, Cordillera de Chilla, 10,750 feet [= 3277 m], Provincia del Oro, Ecuador."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002792

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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 caudivarius

H. E. Anthony, 1923

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

caudivarius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-47668

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47668

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136413/22367313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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