Thomasomys
Appearance
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)
References
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ 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. 38 (2). Elsevier: 558–564. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.08.011. PMID 16213166.
See also
Peromyscus polionotus, a North American cricetid species also called an "oldfield mouse".