Thomasomys popayanus

J. A. Allen, 1912

Popayan 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

Allen, J.A. 1912-04-19. Mammals from western Colombia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31:71-95.

Original name as described

Thomasomys popayanus

Other common names

Popayan Thomasomys · Popayán Thomasomys

Type material

AMNH M-32371

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"crest of Western Andes (Alt. 10,340 ft. [= 3152 m]), 40 miles [= 64 km] west of Popayan [Popayán], Cauca, Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. nicefori

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

Not Evaluated

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