Cinnamon-colored oldfield mouse

Cinnamon-colored oldfield mouse
Conservation status
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 2400 to 3800 m.[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. ^ a b c Pacheco, V., Tirira, D. & Boada, C. (2008). "Thomasomys cinnameus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136822. Retrieved 7 August 2009. 
  2. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000944. 
  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". American Museum Novitates (American Museum of Natural History) 3421: 1–47. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2003)421<0001:ANSOTR>2.0.CO;2. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/2850/1/N3421.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-07.