Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
955
1189
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Thomasomys apeco
Leo L. and Gardner 1993
Thomasomys apeco
Leo L. and Gardner 1993
,
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 106: 417
.
Type Locality:
Perú
,
San Martín
Dept., Parque Nacional Río Abiseo, ca.
25 km
NE Pataz, Valle de Los Chochos,
3280 m
.
Vernacular Names:
Apeco Thomasomys
.
Distribution:
Known only from the type locality and vicinity, in upper montane forest,
3250-3380 m
,
NC
Perú
.
Discussion:
The largest living thomasomyine as so far known; differentially compared with
T. aureus
and
Megaoryzomys curioi
, an extinct Pleistocene form from the
Galapagos
Isls.