Thomasomys lojapiuranus

Pacheco & Ruelas, 2023

Piura 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

Pacheco, V.R. and Ruelas, D. 2023-06-21. Systematic revision of _Thomasomys cinereus_ (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from northern Peru and southern Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 461:1-72.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090.461.1.1

Original name as described

Thomasomys lojapiuranus

Other common names

Loja and Piura Thomasomys

Type material

MUSM 23758

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Peru, Department of Piura, Province of Huancabamba, Pariamarca Alto; 5.15867°S, 79.54901°W, 2990 m above sea level."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Pacheco, V., & Ruelas, D. (2023). Systematic Revision of Thomasomys cinereus (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador, With Descriptions of Three New Species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 461(1), 1-72.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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