Thomasomys taczanowskii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Thomasomyini
Genus: Thomasomys
Species: Thomasomys taczanowskii

Name

• Thomasomys taczanowskii (Thomas, 1882)

Lectotype: BMNH 81.9.7.23, adult ♀, skin and skull. [designated by Thomas (1927: 549)]

Type locality: “Tambillo, [Río Malleta,] 5800′ [1,768 m],” Cajamarca Dept., Peru.

Combinations

• Hesperomys (Rhipidomys) taczanowskii Thomas, 1882: 109 [original combination]
• Hesperomys (Thomasomys) taczanowskii: Coues, 1884: 1275 [name combination]
• Thomasomys taczanowskii: Gyldenstolpe, 1932: 56 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1882. On a collection of rodents from north Peru. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 50(1): 98–111, pl. 4. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02730.x BHL Reference page. 
• Coues, E. 1884. Thomasomys, a new subgeneric type of Hesperomys. American Naturalist 18: 1275.
• Gyldenstolpe, N. 1932. A manual of Neotropical sigmodont rodents. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, ser. 3, band 11(3): 1–164, 18 plates.

Links

• Thomasomys taczanowskii in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Thomasomys taczanowskii  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Taczanowski’s Thomasomys