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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Thomasomys
SPECIES Thomasomys caudivarius
| Author: | Anthony, 1923. | | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 55: 4. | | Common Name: | White-tipped Thomasomys | | Type Locality: | Ecuador, El Oro Prov., Cordillera de Chilla, Taraguacocha, 10,750 ft (3277 m). | | Distribution: | Andes of C and S Ecuador (Bolivar and El Oro Provs. as per Luna and Pacheco, 2002). | | Comments: | Described as a species and considered a large member of the "cinereus group" by Anthony (1923); relegated to a subspecies of T. cinereus by Cabrera (1961). Tirira (1999) check-listed caudivarius as a valid species, a status reaffirmed by Luna and Pacheco (2002). |
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