| Forest Oldfield mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Thomasomys |
| Species: | T. silvestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Thomasomys silvestris Anthony, 1924 | |
The forest Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys silvestris) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Ecuador.
The golden Oldfield mouse or golden thomasomys is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Both the common and genus name commemorate the British zoologist Oldfield Thomas who worked at the Natural History Museum, London and studied South American rodents.
Thomasomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae, named after British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. Nuclear DNA sequence analysis has indicated that it is a sister taxon to Rhagomys. It contains the following species:
The beady-eyed mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Ecuador.
The ashy-bellied Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
The ash-colored Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
Daphne's Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
The slender Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
The woodland Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
The strong-tailed Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Peru.
Kalinowski's Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Peru.
Ladew's Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Bolivia.
The soft-furred Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
The distinguished Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Peru.
The paramo Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Ecuador.
Thomas's Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
Rosalinda's Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Peru.
The white-tipped Oldfield mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andes from central Ecuador to northern Peru, at elevations from 2500 to 3350 m, where it lives in montane forest.
The cinnamon-colored Oldfield mouse, also called the "cinnamon-colored Thomasomys", is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is present in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes from north central Ecuador to southern Colombia, at elevations from 2,400 to 3,800 m. It has terrestrial habits, and has been found in cloud forest and mossy areas. It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. gracilis.
The wandering Oldfield mouse, also called the wandering thomasomys, 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. It has terrestrial habits, and has been found in cloud forest and areas of secondary vegetation. It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. cinereiventer.
Thomasomys ucucha, also known as the ucucha thomasomys, is a rodent in the genus Thomasomys of the family Cricetidae. It is known only from high altitude forest and grassland habitats in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. Seven other species of Thomasomys live in the same areas. First collected in 1903, T. ucucha was formally described as a new species in 2003 and most closely resembles T. hylophilus, which occurs further to the north. The species is listed as "vulnerable" in the IUCN Red List as a result of habitat destruction.
