| Apeco Oldfield mouse | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Thomasomys apeco Leo & Gardner, 1993 | |
The Apeco Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys apeco) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. 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. The species name comes from the acronym for the Asociacion Peruana para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza. It is among the largest members of the genus.
References
- ^ 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) - ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Thomasomys apeco | |
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