Red Andean Oldfield Mouse

Thomasomys auricularis

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae

Thomasomys auricularis commonly known as the red Andean thomasomys is a species of rodent in the genus Thomasomys found in the western Andes of southwestern Ecuador. Taxonomy Although described in 1923 by Harold Elmer Anthony, T. auricularis was treated as synonym or subspecies of Thomasomys pyrrhonotus until they were identified as a separate species in 2003 and officially recognized in Mammal Species of the World (2005).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Peru

Sources and credits

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Red Andean Oldfield Mouse

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