Thomas Lee's rice water rat

Thomas Lee's rice water rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Tanyuromys
Species:	T. thomasleei
Binomial name
	Tanyuromys thomasleei; , and , 2019

Thomas Lee's rice water rat (Tanyuromys thomasleei) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is found in middle-elevation forests on Pacific-facing Andean slopes. It is known from both intact and disturbed forests. It closely resembles T. aphrastus but has a few cranial and genetic differences.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Hanson, J. Delton; Pine, Ronald H.; Timm, Robert M. (2018-06-01). "A new species of Tanyuromys Pine, Timm, and Weksler, 2012 (Cricetidae: Oryzomyini), with comments on relationships within the Oryzomyini". Journal of Mammalogy. 99 (3): 608–623. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyy042. ISSN 0022-2372.
^ "Tanyuromys thomasleei Timm, Pine & Hanson, 2018". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-10-17.

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[1] Hanson, J. Delton; Pine, Ronald H.; Timm, Robert M. (2018-06-01). "A new species of Tanyuromys Pine, Timm, and Weksler, 2012 (Cricetidae: Oryzomyini), with comments on relationships within the Oryzomyini". Journal of Mammalogy. 99 (3): 608–623. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyy042. ISSN 0022-2372.

[2] "Tanyuromys thomasleei Timm, Pine & Hanson, 2018". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2018-12-24.

[3] "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-10-17.

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