Ashaninka Oldfield mouse
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Thomasomys onkiro

The Ashaninka Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys onkiro ) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. 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. It has terrestrial habits. The common name refers to the Asháninka, the largest indigenous group of the Peruvian Amazon.

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1. Ashaninka Oldfield mouse Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashaninka_Oldfield_mouse
2. Ashaninka Oldfield mouse on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136575/22365910

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