Ashaninka Oldfield mouse

The Ashaninka Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys onkiro) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.^[2] It is known only from a single locality (which includes Otishi National Park) in the Cordillera Oriental of the southern Peruvian Andes, in montane forest at an elevation of 3350 m.^[1] It has terrestrial habits.^[1] The common name refers to the Asháninka, the largest indigenous group of the Peruvian Amazon.

Ashaninka Oldfield mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Thomasomys
Species:	T. onkiro
Binomial name
Thomasomys onkiro Luna & Pacheco, 2002

References

1. Roach, N. & Lacher, T. (2020). "Thomasomys onkiro". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T136575A22365910. Retrieved 17 December 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. 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. 1183. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.