Overview
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Praomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:
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- Dalton's Mouse, Praomys daltoni
- De Graaff's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys degraaffi
- Delectable Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys delectorum
- Deroo's Mouse, Praomys derooi
- Hartwig's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys hartwigi
- Jackson's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys jacksoni
- Lukolela Swamp Rat, Praomys lukolelae
- Least Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys minor
- Misonne's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys misonnei
- Cameroon Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys morio
- Muton's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys mutoni
- Gotel Mountain Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys obscurus
- Peter's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys petteri
- Forest Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys rostratus
- Tullberg's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys tullbergi
- Verschuren's Swamp Rat, Praomys verschureni
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- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894?1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Praomys is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in the Genus Praomys: P. albipes · P. daltoni (African Soft-Furred Rats) · P. degraaffi (De Graaff's Praomys) · P. delectorum (Delectable Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. delectorum taitae · P. denniae · P. derooi (African Soft-Furred Rats) · P. fumatus · P. fumatus oweni · P. hartwigi (Hartwig's Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. hartwigi obscurus · P. jacksoni (Jackson's Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. lukolelae (Lukolela Swamp Rat) · P. minor (Least Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. misonnei (Misonne's Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. misonnei van · P. morio (Cameroon Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. mutoni (Muton's Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. natalensis · P. obscurus · P. petteri (Petter's Praomys) · P. rostratus (Forest Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. skouri · P. stella · P. taitae · P. tullbergi (Tullberg's Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. tullbergi peromyscus · P. verreauxii · P. verschureni (Verschuren's Swamp Rat)
References
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- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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