Hudson's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys hudsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is known only from the Andes in southern Ecuador, where it has been found at an elevation of 3100 m.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. gracilis.[3] It is named after American zoologist Wilfred Hudson Osgood.
| Hudson's Oldfield mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Thomasomys |
| Species: | T. hudsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Thomasomys hudsoni Anthony, 1923
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References
edit- ^ a b Pacheco, V.; Barriga, C. (2018). "Thomasomys hudsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136762A22367250. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T136762A22367250.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1181. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Voss, R. S. (2003-12-09). "A New Species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Eastern Ecuador, with Remarks on Mammalian Diversity and Biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3421). American Museum of Natural History: 1–47. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2003)421<0001:ANSOTR>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 62795333. Retrieved 2009-08-07.