Thomasomys erro

H. E. Anthony, 1926

Wandering 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. 1926-12-04. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 7. American Museum Novitates 240:1-6.

Original name as described

Thomasomys erro

Other common names

Wandering Thomasomys

Type material

AMNH M-68195

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"upper slopes of Mt. Sumaco, exact altitude unknown but probably 8000–9000 feet [= 2438–2743 m], at head of the Rio Suno, a tributary of the Rio Napo, [Napo Province], eastern Ecuador."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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