Thomasomys
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Thomasomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae,[1] named after British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. Nuclear DNA sequence analysis has indicated that it is a sister taxon to Rhagomys.[2] It contains the following species:
- Anderson's Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys andersoni)
- Apeco Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys apeco)
- Golden Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys aureus)
- Beady-eyed Mouse (Thomasomys baeops)
- Silky Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys bombycinus)
- White-tipped Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys caudivarius)
- Ashy-bellied Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys cinereiventer)
- Ash-colored Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys cinereus)
- Cinnamon-colored Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys cinnameus)
- Daphne's Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys daphne)
- Peruvian Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys eleusis)
- Wandering Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys erro)
- Slender Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys gracilis)
- Hudson's Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys hudsoni)
- Woodland Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys hylophilus)
- Inca Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys incanus)
- Strong-tailed Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys ischyrus)
- Kalinowski's Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys kalinowskii)
- Ladew's Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys ladewi)
- Soft-furred Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys laniger)
- Large-eared Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys macrotis)
- Unicolored Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys monochromos)
- Snow-footed Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys niveipes)
- Distinguished Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys notatus)
- Ashaninka Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys onkiro)
- Montane Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys oreas)
- Paramo Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys paramorum)
- Popayán Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys popayanus)
- Cajamarca Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys praetor)
- Thomas's Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys pyrrhonotus)
- Rhoads's Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys rhoadsi)
- Rosalinda's Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys rosalinda)
- Forest Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys silvestris)
- Taczanowski's Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys taczanowskii)
- Ucucha Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys ucucha)
- Dressy Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys vestitus)
- Pichincha Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys vulcani)
[edit] References
- ^ 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=13000936.
- ^ D'Elía, G.; Luna, L.; González, E. M.; Patterson, B. D. (February 2006). "On the Sigmodontinae radiation (Rodentia, Cricetidae): An appraisal of the phylogenetic position of Rhagomys". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Elsevier) 38 (2): 558–564. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.08.011. PMID 16213166.
[edit] See also
Peromyscus polionotus, a North American cricetid species also called an "oldfield mouse".
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