Paramo Oldfield Mouse
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The Paramo Oldfield Mouse (Thomasomys paramorum) is a species of rodent
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....

 in the family Cricetidae
Cricetidae
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice...

. A youth or baby of a Paramo Oldfield mouse is called a 'pinkie', 'kitten' or 'pup'. The females are called 'does' and males 'bucks'. A Paramo Oldfield Mouse group is called a 'nest', 'colony', 'harvest', 'horde' or 'mischief'.
It is found only in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

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