Thomasomys hylophilus

Osgood, 1912

Woodland 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

Osgood, W.H. 1912. Mammals from western Venezuela and eastern Colombia. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(5):33-66.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2653128

Original name as described

Thomasomys hylophilus

Other common names

Woodland Thomasomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:18583

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=89dd6ce0-d10d-46b2-8acc-0a3510ecb3c2

Type locality

Páramo de Tamá, Upper Río Táchira, Norte de Santander, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002805

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 hylophilus

Osgood, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hylophilus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:18583

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=89dd6ce0-d10d-46b2-8acc-0a3510ecb3c2

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2653128

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21777/22365647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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