Thomasomys burneoi

T. E. Lee, Tinoco, & J. Brito, 2022

Burneo's 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

Authority citation

Lee, T.E., Jr., Tinoco, N. and Brito, J. 2022-05-25. A new species of Andean mouse of the genus Thomasomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the eastern Andes of Ecuador. Vertebrate Zoology 72:219-233.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e78219

Original name as described

Thomasomys burneoi

Type material

MECN 5662

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Ecuador, Provincia de Morona Santiago, cantón Morona, parroquia Zúñac, Parque Nacional Sangay (Sangay National Park), Laguna Negra –2.179672° S, –78.502919° W (...elevation 3,553 m)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Lee Jr, T. E., Tinoco, N., & Brito, J. (2022). A new species of Andean mouse of the genus Thomasomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the eastern Andes of Ecuador. Vertebrate Zoology, 72, 219-233.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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