Cajamarca Oldfield mouse

The Cajamarca Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys praetor) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.^[2] It is present in the Andes of northwestern Peru, where its habitats include shrubby páramo, montane forest, and secondary forest.^[1] The rodent is nocturnal and may be partly arboreal.^[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. aureus.^[3] The common name comes from the Peruvian city and region of Cajamarca.

Cajamarca Oldfield mouse
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Thomasomys
Species:	T. praetor
Binomial name
Thomasomys praetor (Thomas, 1900)