Thomasomys Coues 1884
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Cricetidae
Thomasomys

description: Thomasomys Coues 1884
Thomasomys Coues 1884, Am. Nat., 18: 1275.
Type Species: Hesperomys cinereus Thomas 1882
Synonyms: Erioryzomys Bangs 1900; Inomys Thomas 1917.
Species and subspecies: 36 species:
Species Thomasomys apeco Leo L. and Gardner 1993
Species Thomasomys aureus (Tomes 1860)
Species Thomasomys baeops Thomas 1899
Species Thomasomys bombycinus Anthony 1925
Species Thomasomys caudivarius Anthony 1923
Species Thomasomys cinereiventer J. A. Allen 1912
Species Thomasomys cinereus (Thomas 1882)
Species Thomasomys cinnameus Anthony 1924
Species Thomasomys daphne Thomas 1917
Species Thomasomys eleusis Thomas 1926
Species Thomasomys erro Anthony 1926
Species Thomasomys gracilis Thomas 1917
Species Thomasomys hudsoni Anthony 1923
Species Thomasomys hylophilus Osgood 1912
Species Thomasomys incanus Thomas 1894
Species Thomasomys ischyrus Osgood 1914
Species Thomasomys kalinowskii Thomas 1894
Species Thomasomys ladewi Anthony 1926
Species Thomasomys laniger Thomas 1895
Species Thomasomys macrotis Gardner and Romo R. 1993
Species Thomasomys monochromos Bangs 1900
Species Thomasomys niveipes Thomas 1896
Species Thomasomys notatus Thomas 1917
Species Thomasomys onkiro Luna and Pacheco 2002
Species Thomasomys oreas Anthony 1926
Species Thomasomys paramorum Thomas 1898
Species Thomasomys popayanus J. A. Allen 1912
Species Thomasomys praetor Thomas 1900
Species Thomasomys pyrrhonotus Thomas 1886
Species Thomasomys rhoadsi Stone 1914
Species Thomasomys rosalinda Thomas and St. Leger 1926
Species Thomasomys silvestris Anthony 1924
Species Thomasomys taczanowskii (Thomas 1882)
Species Thomasomys ucucha Voss 2003
Species Thomasomys vestitus Thomas 1898
Species Thomasomys vulcani Thomas 1898
Discussion: Thomasomyini. A speciose and taxonomically complex genus whose nomenclatural history is intertwined with Aepeomys, Delomys, and Wilfredomys, taxa that have been used as subgenera (e.g., Ellerman, 1941; Cabrera, 1961) or as genera (see their accounts). Comparative anatomical studies involving some Thomasomys include Carleton (1973), Hooper and Musser (1964 a), and Voss and Linzey (1981); chromosomal numbers of several species published by Gardner and Patton (1976), Gómez-Laverde et al. (1997), and Aguilera et al. (2000). Based on 6-7 species surveyed, sister genus to Chilomys according to phylogenetic interpretations of mitochondrial DNA sequences (D’Elía et al., 2003; Smith and Patton, 1999). Revisionary studies required to critically overhaul species taxonomy and to place ranking of genus-group taxa in a phylogenetic context. Lacking a current revisionary standard, species recognized here basically follow Cabrera (1961), supplemented by our own museum examinations and subsequent descriptions.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1179, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535