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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Thomasomys
SPECIES Thomasomys cinnameus
| Author: | Anthony, 1924. | | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 139: 5. | | Common Name: | Cinnamon-colored Thomasomys | | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Tungurahua Prov., east of Ambato, Hacienda San Francisco, 8000 ft (2438 m). | | Distribution: | Cordillera Oriental, ca. 2400-3800 m, NC Ecuador (Tungurahua and Napo Provs.). | | Comments: | A small form described as a species by Anthony (1924), later treated as a synonym of T. gracilis (Cabrera, 1961; Musser and Carleton, 1993), but resurrected by Voss (2003), who amplified its unique traits as compared with T. gracilis and T. hudsoni. |
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