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Cajamarca Oldfield mouse
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
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)

The Cajamarca Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys praetor) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is present in the Andes of northwestern Peru, where its habitats include shrubby páramo, montane forest, and secondary forest. The rodent is nocturnal and may be partly arboreal. It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. aureus. The common name comes from the Peruvian city and region of Cajamarca.

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.

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• Mammals of Peru
• Thomasomys
• Mammals described in 1900
• Páramo fauna
• Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
• Sigmodontinae stubs