Thomasomys praetor

(O. Thomas, 1900)

Cajamarca Oldfield Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Thomasomyini
Genus : Thomasomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1900-04-01. Descriptions of two new murines from Peru and a new hare from Venezuela. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)5(28):354-357.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340336

Original name as described

Oryzomys praetor

Other common names

Cajamarca Thomasomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.3.15.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fc36b6cc-fe60-48db-8425-fbda53b1ee1b

Type locality

"Eastern slope of Paramo between San Pablo and Cajamarca, Peru. Alt. 4000 metres."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002820

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Oryzomys praetor

(O. Thomas, 1900)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

praetor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.3.15.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fc36b6cc-fe60-48db-8425-fbda53b1ee1b

Authority page

354

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340336

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Thomasomys prætor

Osgood, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

praetor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2646800

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1914:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2646800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20586)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136312/22366516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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