Thomasomys erro

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

Name

• Thomasomys erro Anthony, 1926: 3

Holotype: AMNH 68195, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “upper slopes of Mt. Sumaco, exact altitude unknown, but probably 8000-9000 feet [~2438-2743 m], at head of the Rio Suno, a tributary of the Rio Napo, [Napo Province,] eastern Ecuador.”

References

Primary references

• Anthony, H.E. 1926. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 7. American Museum Novitates 240: 1–6. hdl: 2246/4158 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Voss, R.S. 2003. 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. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2003)421<0001:ANSOTR>2.0.CO;2 Full article Reference page. 

Links

• Thomasomys erro 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 erro  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Wandering Thomasomys