Hudson's Oldfield mouse

Hudson's Oldfield mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Subfamily:Sigmodontinae
Genus:Thomasomys
Species: T. hudsoni
Binomial name
Thomasomys hudsoni
Anthony, 1923

Hudson's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys hudsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is known only from the Andes in southern Ecuador, where it has been found at an elevation of 3100 m.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. gracilis.[3] It is named after American zoologist Wilfred Hudson Osgood.

References

  1. 1 2 Pacheco, V.; Tirira, D. & Boada, C. (2008). "Thomasomys hudsoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136762A4336537. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136762A4336537.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1181. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ↑ Voss, R. S. (2003-12-09). "A New Species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Eastern Ecuador, with Remarks on Mammalian Diversity and Biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History. 3421: 1–47. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2003)421<0001:ANSOTR>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2009-08-07.


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