Apeco Oldfield mouse
| Apeco oldfield mouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Thomasomys |
| Species: | T. apeco |
| Binomial name | |
| Thomasomys apeco Leo & Gardner, 1993 | |
The Apeco oldfield mouse (Thomasomys apeco) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is known only from a single locality in north central Peru, which includes Rio Abiseo National Park, where it was found in cloud forest at an elevation of 3300 m.[1] The species name comes from the acronym for the Asociacion Peruana para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza.[3] It is among the largest members of the genus.[2]
References
- 1 2 Pacheco, V. & Vargas, J. (2008). "Thomasomys apeco". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- 1 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. 1179. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Isaak, Mark (2014-03-20). "Etymology: Acronyms". Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- Leo, L. M.; Gardner, A. L. (1993). "A new species of a giant Thomasomys (Mammalia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae) from the Andes of north central Peru". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of Natural History) 106 (3): 417–428. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
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