Thomasomys emeritus

O. Thomas, 1916

Venezuelan 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

Thomas, O. 1916-12-01. Two new Muridæ from South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)18(108):478-480.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22130054

Original name as described

Thomasomys laniger emeritus

Other common names

Venezuelan Thomasomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1905.1.1.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d084ec49-285a-4500-8c12-39b0200b7e47

Type locality

Montes de Escaguer, Mérida, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela

Taxonomy notes

split from T. laniger

Taxonomy notes citation

Pacheco, V. (2015). Genus Thomasomys Coues, 1884. In: Patton, J.l., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D'Elía, G. (eds), Mammals of South America Volume 2: Rodents, pp. 617-682. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002800

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 laniger emeritus

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

emeritus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.1.1.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d084ec49-285a-4500-8c12-39b0200b7e47

Authority page

479

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22130054

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Thomasomys emeritus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

emeritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

492

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/96799858/96799861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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