Pichincha oldfield mouse

Pichincha oldfield mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Thomasomys
Species: T. vulcani
Binomial name
Thomasomys vulcani
(Thomas, 1898)

The Pichincha oldfield mouse (Thomasomys vulcani) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is present in the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes of Ecuador, where its habitats include shrubby páramo and montane forest.[1] It is nocturnal and terrestrial.[1] The specific and common names are references to Pichincha Volcano, on whose slopes the species was discovered at an elevation of 3500 m.[1] The mouse is threatened by conversion of its limited habitat to agricultural use.[1] It has sometimes been considered to be conspecific with Aepeomys lugens.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Pacheco, V., Tirira, D. & Boada, C. (2008). "Thomasomys vulcani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136349. Retrieved 18 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.). p. 1184. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000972.