Forest Oldfield mouse

The forest Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys silvestris) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Ecuador.

Forest Oldfield mouse

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Thomasomys
Species:
T. silvestris
Binomial name
Thomasomys silvestris
Anthony, 1924

References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Thomasomys silvestris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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