The Apeco Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys apeco) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is known only from a single locality in north central Peru, which includes Rio Abiseo National Park, where it was found in cloud forest at an elevation of 3300 m.[1] The species name comes from the acronym for the Asociacion Peruana para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza.[3] It is among the largest members of the genus.[2]
| Apeco 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. apeco
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| Binomial name | |
| Thomasomys apeco Leo & Gardner, 1993
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References edit
- ^ a b Pacheco, V. & Barriga, C. (2020). "Thomasomys apeco". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T136667A22367063. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b 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. 1179. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Isaak, Mark (2014-03-20). "Etymology: Acronyms". Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- Leo, L. M.; Gardner, A. L. (1993). "A new species of a giant Thomasomys (Mammalia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae) from the Andes of north central Peru". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 106 (3). Washington, D.C.: National Museum of Natural History: 417–428. Retrieved 3 August 2009.