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Thomasomys australis H. E. Anthony, 1925

Austral Oldfield Mouse

Authority citation: Anthony, H.E. 1925-06-22. New species and subspecies of Thomasomys. American Museum Novitates 178:1-4.

Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170300

Original name as described: Thomasomys daphne australis

Nominal names: australis H. E. Anthony, 1925

Other common names: Austral Thomasomys


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae -- Tribe: Thomasomyini

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: AMNH M-38550

Type locality: Incachaca, 7700 feet (= 2347 m), Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Bolivia (BOL)

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:


Species-specific notes: split from T. daphne
Citation: Voss, R. S. (2003). A new species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern Ecuador, with remarks on mammalian diversity and biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental. American Museum Novitates, 3421, 1-47.


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