Thomasomys
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
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| Genus: | Thomasomys Coues, 1884 |
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| Hesperomys cinereus Thomas, 1882
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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)
- (Thomasomys antoniobracki)
- 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)
See also[]
- Peromyscus polionotus, a North American cricetid species also called an "oldfield mouse".
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. Elsevier. 38 (2): 558–564. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.08.011. PMID 16213166.
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