Thomasomys vulcani

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 vulcani

Name

• Thomasomys vulcani (Thomas, 1898)

Holotype: BMNH 98.5.1.10, adult unknown, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Mount [Volcán] Pichincha, [Pichincha Prov.,] Ecuador, at about 12,000 feet [= 3,658 m].”

Combinations

• Aepeomys vulcani Thomas, 1898: 452 [original combination]
• Thomasomys vulcani: Ellerman, 1941: 369 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Thomasomys rhoadsi Stone, 1914: 12 [synonymised by Pacheco, 2015: 680–682]

Holotype: ANSP 12709, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Hacienda Garzon, Mt. [Volcán] Pichincha, 10,500 feet,” Pichincha, Ecuador.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1898. On seven new small mammals from Ecuador and Venezuela. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 7 1: 451–457.
• Stone, W. 1914. On a collection of mammals from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 66: 9–19.
• Ellerman, J.R 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. 2. Family Muridae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), xii + 690 pp.
• Pacheco 2015. Genus Thomasomys Coues, 1884. Pp. 617-682 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Thomasomys vulcani 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 vulcani  (Data Deficient)

Vernacular names

English: Pichincha Thomasomys