Thomasomys oreas

H. E. Anthony, 1926

Montane 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. Two new rodents from Bolivia. American Museum Novitates 239:1-3.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/4615

Original name as described

Thomasomys oreas

Other common names

Montane Thomasomys · Montane Fairy Thomasomys

Type material

AMNH M-72130

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Cocopunco, about 80 miles [= 129 km] north of La Paz, Bolivia, altitude 10,000 feet [= 3048 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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