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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Thomasomys
SPECIES Thomasomys vulcani
| Author: | Thomas, 1898. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 1: 452. | | Common Name: | Pichincha Thomasomys | | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Pichincha Prov., Mt Pichincha, 12,000 ft (3658 m). | | Distribution: | Ecuadoran Andes, range uncertain. | | Comments: | Described as a species of Aepeomys and thereafter classified as a subspecies or synonym of lugens, whether listed under Aepeomys (Musser and Carleton, 1993) or Thomasomys (Cabrera, 1961). Pacheco (in Voss et al., 2002) considered vulcani to be a form of Thomasomys proper, its status and relationships yet to be resolved. |
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