Thomasomys is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae,1 named after British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. Nuclear DNA sequence analysis has indicated that it is a sister taxon to Rhagomys.2 It contains the following species:
- Anderson's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys andersoni)
- Antonio Brack's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys antoniobracki)
- Apeco Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys apeco)
- Golden Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys aureus)
- Thomasomys auricularis3
- Thomasomys australis 4
- Beady-eyed mouse (Thomasomys baeops)
- Silky Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys bombycinus)
- Burneo's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys burneoi)
- White-tipped Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys caudivarius)
- Ashy-bellied Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys cinereiventer)
- Ash-colored Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys cinereus)
- Cinnamon-colored Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys cinnameus)
- Daphne's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys daphne)
- Peruvian Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys eleusis)
- Wandering Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys erro)
- Slender Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys gracilis)
- Hudson's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys hudsoni)
- Woodland Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys hylophilus)
- Inca Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys incanus)
- Strong-tailed Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys ischyrus)
- Kalinowski's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys kalinowskii)
- Ladew's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys ladewi)
- Soft-furred Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys laniger)
- Thomasomys lojapiuranus5
- Large-eared Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys macrotis)
- Unicolored Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys monochromos)
- Snow-footed Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys niveipes)
- Distinguished Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys notatus)
- Ashaninka Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys onkiro)
- Montane Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys oreas)
- Thomasomys pagaibambensis5
- Paramo Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys paramorum)
- Pardiñas' Andean mouse (Thomasomys pardignasi)
- Popayán Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys popayanus)
- Cajamarca Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys praetor)
- Thomas's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys pyrrhonotus)
- Rhoads's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys rhoadsi)
- Rosalinda's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys rosalinda)
- Thomasomys shallqukucha5
- Forest Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys silvestris)
- Taczanowski's Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys taczanowskii)
- Ucucha Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys ucucha)
- Dressy Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys vestitus)
- Pichincha Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys vulcani)
See also
See also
- Peromyscus polionotus, a North American cricetid species also called an "oldfield mouse".
References
References
- 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- D'Elía, G.; Luna, L.; González, E. M.; Patterson, B. D. (February 2006). "On the Sigmodontinae radiation (Rodentia, Cricetidae): An appraisal of the phylogenetic position of Rhagomys". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38 (2). Elsevier: 558–564. Bibcode:2006MolPE..38..558D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.08.011. PMID 16213166.
- Anthony, H. E. (Harold Elmer); Ecuador (1920-1924), Anthony-Tate Expeditions to (1923). "Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 3". American Museum Novitates (55). hdl:2246/4635.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Thomas E. Lacher, Jr (30 November 2017). "Thomasomys australis". Handbook of the Mammals of the World. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6727585. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- Pacheco, Víctor Raul; Ruelas, Dennisse (2023-06-21). "Systematic revision of Thomasomys cinereus (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from northern Peru and southern Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 461: 1–72. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.461.1.1.