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Thomasomys cinnameus Anthony 1924

Description

Thomasomys cinnameus Anthony 1924

Thomasomys cinnameus Anthony 1924, Am. Mus. Novit., 139: 5.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Tungurahua Prov., east of Ambato, Hacienda San Francisco, 8000 ft (2438 m).

Vernacular Names: Cinnamon-colored Thomasomys.

Distribution: Cordillera Oriental, ca. 2400-3800 m, NC Ecuador (Tungurahua and Napo Provs.).

Discussion: A small form described as a species by Anthony (1924), later treated as a synonym of T. gracilis (Cabrera, 1961; Musser and Carleton, 1993), but resurrected by Voss (2003), who amplified its unique traits as compared with T. gracilis and T. hudsoni.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1181, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Anthony
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Thomasomys
Species
cinnameus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Thomasomys cinnameus Anthony, 1924 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Anthony, H. E. 1924. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 6. American Museum Novitates, 139: 1 - 9.
  • Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp.
  • Voss, R. S. 2003. A new species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern Ecuador, with remarks on mammalian diversity and biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental. American Museum Novitates, 3421: 1 - 47.