Thomasomys praetor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Thomasomyini
Genus: Thomasomys
Species: Thomasomys praetor

Name

• Thomasomys praetor (Thomas, 1900)

Holotype: BMNH 0.3.15.3, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Eastern slope of Paramo [= Páramo] between San Pablo and Cajamarca, [Cajamarca Dept.,] Peru. Alt. 4000 metres.”

Combinations

• Oryzomys praetor Thomas, 1900: 354 [original combination]
• Thomasomys praetor: Thomas, 1906: 443 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1900. Descriptions of two new murines from Peru and a new hare from Venezuela. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 7 5: 354–357. DOI: 10.1080/00222930008678298
• Thomas, O. 1906. Notes on South- American rodents. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 7 18: 442–448.

Additional 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. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2003)421<0001:ANSOTR>2.0.CO;2 Full article Reference page. 

Links

• Thomasomys praetor in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Thomasomys praetor  (Data Deficient)

Vernacular names

English: Cajamarca Thomasomys