Paramo Oldfield Mouse
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| Thomasomys paramorum Thomas, 1898 |
The Paramo Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys paramorum) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. A youth or baby of a Paramo Oldfield mouse is called a 'pinkie', 'kitten' or 'pup'. The females are called 'does' and males 'bucks'. A Paramo Oldfield Mouse group is called a 'nest', 'colony', 'harvest', 'horde' or 'mischief'. It is found only in Ecuador.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Thomasomys paramorum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
