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 specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-72130

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002817

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 oreas

H. E. Anthony, 1926

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

oreas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-72130

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-72130

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Anderson (1997:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21786/116323664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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