White-tipped Oldfield mouse

White-tipped oldfield mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Thomasomys
Species: T. caudivarius
Binomial name
Thomasomys caudivarius
Anthony, 1923

The white-tipped oldfield mouse (Thomasomys caudivarius) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in the Andes from central Ecuador to northern Peru, at elevations from 2500 to 3350 m, where it lives in montane forest.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Pacheco, V., Tirira, D. & Boada, C. (2008). "Thomasomys caudivarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 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. 1180. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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