Cinnamon-colored Oldfield mouse

Cinnamon-colored oldfield mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Thomasomys
Species: T. cinnameus
Binomial name
Thomasomys cinnameus
Anthony, 1924

The cinnamon-colored oldfield mouse (Thomasomys cinnameus), also called the "cinnamon-colored Thomasomys",[2] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is present in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes from north central Ecuador to southern Colombia, at elevations from 2,400 to 3,800 m (7,900 to 12,500 ft).[1] It has terrestrial habits, and has been found in cloud forest and mossy areas.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. gracilis.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pacheco, V., Tirira, D. & Boada, C. (2008). "Thomasomys cinnameus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  2. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1181. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. Voss, R. S. (2003-12-09). "A New Species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Eastern Ecuador, with Remarks on Mammalian Diversity and Biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (American Museum of Natural History) 3421: 1–47. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2003)421<0001:ANSOTR>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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