HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Thomasomys
SPECIES Thomasomys macrotis
Author: | Gardner and Romo R., 1993. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 106: 762. | Common Name: | Large-eared Thomasomys | Type Locality: | Perú, San Martín Dept., Parque Nacional Río Abiseo, ca. 30 km NE Los Alisos, Puerta del Monte, 3250 m. | Distribution: | Known only from the Pampa del Cuy Valley, in upper montane elfin forest, 3250-3380 m, NC Perú. | Comments: | A big-eared and relatively short-tailed thomasomyine, somewhat larger than T. aureus but craniodentally more similar to T. ischyrus and kin. |
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