Thomasomys ucucha

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

• Thomasomys ucucha Voss, 2003: 10

Holotype: UMMZ 155644, adult ♂, skin, skull and body in alcohol.

Type locality: “an elevation of 11,100 ft (3384 m) in the valley of the Río Papallacta (ca. 3–5 km by trail NNW Papallacta), Provincia Napo, Ecuador.”

References

Primary 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 ucucha 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 ucucha  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Ucucha thomasomys