Dressy Oldfield mouse

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Dressy Oldfield mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Thomasomys
Species:
T. vestitus
Binomial name
Thomasomys vestitus
(Thomas, 1898)

The dressy Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys vestitus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Venezuela.

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References

  1. Rivas, B.; Ochoa, J.; Soriano, P.; Aguillera, M.; Pacheco, V. (2008). "Thomasomys vestitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008: e.T21793A9312664. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T21793A9312664.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.