Thomasomys otavalo

Thomasomys otavalo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Thomasomyini
Genus: Thomasomys
Species: Thomasomys otavalo

Name

Thomasomys otavalo Brito, García, Castellanos, Gavilanes, Curay, Carrión-Olmedo, Reyes-Barriga, Guayasamin, Salazar-Bravo & Pinto, 2024: 713

• Holotype: MECN 6912, adult ♀, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected by Jorge Brito, Rubí García and Fausto Rodríguez on 19 January 2022.
• Type locality: “Ecuador, Provincia de Imbabura, Área de Protección Hídrica Otavalo Mojanda (0.15456, –78.27536, WGS84 coordinates taken by GPS at the site of collection, elevation 3,690 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Brito, J., García, R., Castellanos, F.X., Gavilanes, G., Curay, J., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C., Reyes-Barriga, D., Guayasamin, J.M., Salazar-Bravo, J. & Pinto, C.M. 2024. Two new species of Thomasomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the western Andes of Ecuador and an updated phylogenetic hypothesis for the genus. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 709–734. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e128528 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Otavalo's Oldfield Mouse