Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Hartweg's Soft-furred Mouse, Hartwig's praomys, Hartwig's soft-furred mouse
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species occurs in montane
forest
. It is not known if the species
can persist in modified or secondary habitats
, it is possible that
it is limited to primary forest
habitat.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Eisentraut, M.
Die tiergeographische Bedeutung
des Oku- Gebirges im Bamenda- Banso- Hochland (Westkamerun) Bonn.
Zool. Beitr. 19: 170-175, 1968.
Last scrutiny: 02-May-2001
A taxonomic
revision
resulted in this species being split into Praomys
hartwigi (endemic to Cameroon) and P. obscurus (endemic
to Nigeria) (E. van der Straeten pers. comm.
, June 2002).[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Praomys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. daltoni (African Soft-Furred Rats) · P. degraaffi (De Graaff's Praomys) · P. delectorum (Delectable Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. derooi (African Soft-Furred Rats) · P. hartwigi (Hartweg's Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. jacksoni (Jackson's Praomys) · P. lukolelae (Lukolela Swamp Rat) · P. minor (Least Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. misonnei (Misonne's Praomys) · P. morio (Cameroon Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. mutoni (Muton's Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. petteri (Petter's Praomys) · P. rostratus (Forest Soft-Furred Mouse) · P. tullbergi (Tullberg's Praomys) · P. verschureni (Verschuren's Swamp Rat)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- van der Straeten, E. & Dieterlen, F. 2008. Praomys hartwigi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 108625
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585475
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13804418
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585475
- IUCN ID: 235411
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6333
Footnotes
- van der Straeten, E. & Dieterlen, F. 2008. Praomys hartwigi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
