Thomasomys laniger

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Soft-furred 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. 1895-06-28. On small mammals from Nicaragua and Bogota. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(91):55-60.

Original name as described

Oryzomys laniger

Other common names

Butcher Oldfield Mouse · Soft-furred Thomasomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.8.1.39

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"from Bogota [Bogotá]," Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. emeritus

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

Least Concern

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