Biology:Wandering Oldfield mouse

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Short description: Species of rodent

Wandering Oldfield mouse
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Thomasomys
Species:
T. erro
Binomial name
Thomasomys erro
Anthony, 1926

The wandering Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys erro), also called the wandering thomasomys,[2] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It has been found in both the Cordillera Oriental and Cordillera Occidental of the Andes in central and north central Ecuador, at elevations from 2400 to 3600 m.[1] It has terrestrial habits, and has been found in cloud forest and areas of secondary vegetation.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. cinereiventer.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1763223 entry