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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Thomasomys
SPECIES Thomasomys apeco
| Author: | Leo L. and Gardner, 1993. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 106: 417. | | Common Name: | Apeco Thomasomys | | Type Locality: | Perú, San Martín Dept., Parque Nacional Río Abiseo, ca. 25 km NE Pataz, Valle de Los Chochos, 3280 m. | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality and vicinity, in upper montane forest, 3250-3380 m, NC Perú. | | Comments: | The largest living thomasomyine as so far known; differentially compared with T. aureus and Megaoryzomys curioi, an extinct Pleistocene form from the Galapagos Isls. |
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