Thomasomys popayanus

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

• Thomasomys popayanus J. A. Allen, 1912: 81

Holotype: AMNH 32371, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “crest of Western Andes (alt. 10,340 ft [3,152 m]), 40 miles [64 km] west of Popayan [= Popayán], Cauca, Colombia.”

References

Primary references

• Allen, J.A. 1912. Mammals from western Colombia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31: 71–95. Full article

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 popayanus 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 popayanus  (Data Deficient)

Vernacular names

English: Popayán Thomasomys