Cajamarca Oldfield mouse

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.

Cajamarca Oldfield mouse
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Thomasomys
Species:	T. praetor
Binomial name
Thomasomys praetor (Thomas, 1900)

References

1. Barriga, C.; Pacheco, V.; Roach, N. (2019). "Thomasomys praetor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136312A22366516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136312A22366516.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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. S2CID 62795333. Retrieved 2009-08-07.