Thomasomys ucucha

Voss, 2003

Ucucha 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

Voss, R.S. 2003-12. A new species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern Ecuador, with remarks on mammalian diversity and biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental. American Museum Novitates 3421:1-47.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60861463

Original name as described

Thomasomys ucucha

Other common names

Ucucha Thomasomys

Type material

UMMZ 155644

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"at an elevation of 11,100 ft (3384 m) in the valley of the Río Papallacta (ca. 3–5 km by trail NNW Papallacta), Provincia Napo, Ecuador."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002827

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 ucucha

Voss, 2003

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ucucha

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 155644

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60861463

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136487/22366894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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