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 The Rio Abiseo National Park ( es, Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo) is located in the San Martín department of Peru. UNESCO pronounced it as Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity (World Heritage Site) in 1990. The park is home to many species ...

, where it was found in

cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...

at an elevation of 3300 m. The species name comes from the acronym for th
Asociacion Peruana para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza
It is among the largest members of the genus.

References

* Mammals of Peru Thomasomys Mammals described in 1993 {{Thomasomys-stub