Thomasomys cinereus

(O. Thomas, 1882)

Ash-colored 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. 1882-06. On a collection of rodents from North Peru. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(1):98-111.

Original name as described

Hesperomys (Rhipidomys) cinereus

Other common names

Ash-colored Thomasomys · Olive-gray Thomasomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1881.9.7.29

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cutervo, 9200' [= 2804 m]," Cajamarca, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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