HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Thomasomys
SPECIES Thomasomys praetor
Author: | Thomas, 1900. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5: 354. | Common Name: | Cajamarca Thomasomys | Type Locality: | Perú, Cajamarca Dept., páramo between Cajamarca and San Pablo, 4000 m. | Distribution: | NW Perú; limits uncertain. | Comments: | Another of the large Thomasomys relegated to a subspecies of T. aureus by Cabrera (1961). Morphological contrasts sketched by Voss (2003), who acknowledged T. praetor as species. |
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