Burneo's Oldfield mouse

Burneo’s Oldfield mouse
Adult female before she was collected on 6 October 2016 (MECN 5259)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Thomasomys
Species:
T. burneoi
Binomial name
Thomasomys burneoi
Lee, Tinoco & Brito, 2022[1]

Burneo’s Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys burneoi) is a species of sigmodontine rodent in the family Cricetidae known from Sangay National Park in the eastern Andes, central Ecuador. The species is named after Ecuadorian mammalogist Santiago F. Burneo.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b Lee, T.E. Jr.; Tinoco, N.; Brito, J. (2022). "A new species of Andean mouse of the genus Thomasomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the eastern Andes of Ecuador". Vertebrate Zoology. 72: 219–233. doi:10.3897/vz.72.e78219. S2CID 249074747.


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