Order Rodentia (Part 3) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 392 476 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353031 f291a924-691f-4f06-bc89-3dc2421c2bed 0-89327-235-3 7353031 Thomasomys aureus (Tomes, 1860) . Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond., 1860:219 . TYPE LOCALITY: Ecuador , Chimborazo Prov. , Pallatanga, 1350 m . DISTRIBUTION: C. and W. Colombia ; N.C. Venezuela ; Andean Ecuador ; N. W. and E. Peru . COMMENT: Hooper and Musser, 1964 , Misc. Publ. Mus . Zool. Univ. Mich., 123:21, considered aureus well differentiated from other representatives of this genus; also see Carleton, 1973 , Misc. Publ. Mus . Zool. Univ. Mich., 146:1-43. Karyology reviewed by Gardner and Patton, 1976 , Occas. Pap. Mus . Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:26, 32; Voss and Linzey, 1981 , Misc. Publ. Mus . Zool. Univ. Mich., 159:1-41, reviewed the accessory male reproductive glands. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008055001001.