Cajamarca Oldfield mouse
Appearance
Cajamarca Oldfield mouse | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Thomasomys |
Species: | T. praetor
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Binomial name | |
Thomasomys praetor (Thomas, 1900)
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The Cajamarca Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys praetor) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is present in the Andes of northwestern Peru, where its habitats include shrubby páramo, montane forest, and secondary forest.[1] The rodent is nocturnal and may be partly arboreal.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. aureus.[3] The common name comes from the Peruvian city and region of Cajamarca.
References
- ^ a b c Barriga, C.; Pacheco, V.; Roach, N. (2019). "Thomasomys praetor". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. IUCN: e.T136312A22366516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136312A22366516.en. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Voss, R. S. (2003-12-09). "A New Species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Eastern Ecuador, with Remarks on Mammalian Diversity and Biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 3421. American Museum of Natural History: 1–47. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2003)421<0001:ANSOTR>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2009-08-07.