Cajamarca Oldfield mouse

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Cajamarca Oldfield mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Cricetidae
Genus:
Thomasomys
Species:
T. praetor
Binomial name
Thomasomys praetor
(Thomas, 1900)

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

  1. ^ a b c Template:IUCN2009.1
  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.
  3. ^ 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.


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