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Thomasomys praetor Thomas 1900

Description

Thomasomys praetor Thomas 1900

Thomasomys praetor Thomas 1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5: 354.

Type Locality: Perú, Cajamarca Dept., páramo between Cajamarca and San Pablo, 4000 m.

Vernacular Names: Cajamarca Thomasomys.

Distribution: NW Perú; limits uncertain.

Discussion: 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.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1183, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Thomasomys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Species
praetor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Thomasomys praetor Thomas, 1900 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Voss, R. S. 2003. A new species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern Ecuador, with remarks on mammalian diversity and biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental. American Museum Novitates, 3421: 1 - 47.