Thomasomys nicefori

O. Thomas, 1921

Niceforo Maria's 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. 1921-09-01. New Cryptotis, Thomasomys, and Oryzomys from Colombia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8(45):354-357.

Original name as described

Thomasomys nicefori

Other common names

Niceforo Maria's Thomasomys · Nicéforo Maria's Thomasomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1921.7.1.20

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

San Pedro, north of the town Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

Taxonomy notes

split from T. popayanus

Taxonomy notes citation

Pacheco, V. (2003). Phylogenetic analyses of the Thomasomyini (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae) based on morphological data. Ph.D. dissertation, City University, New York.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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