Thomasomys paramorum

O. Thomas, 1898

Paramo 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. 1898-06-01. On seven new small mammals from Ecuador and Venezuela. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1(6):451-457.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365676

Original name as described

Thomasomys paramorum

Other common names

Paramo Thomasomys · Páramo Thomasomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.11.7.82

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bcd5c343-89ea-4811-860a-2e099565aba8

Type locality

"Paramo, south of Chimborazo." Defined by R. S. Voss in 2003 as "Urbina (1°30' S, 78°44' W) just a few kilometers SE of Chimborazo," Chimborazo, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002818

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 paramorum

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

paramorum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.11.7.82

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bcd5c343-89ea-4811-860a-2e099565aba8

Authority page

453

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365676

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:55) (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, 474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21787/22365075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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