Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Least praomys, Least Soft-furred Mouse
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It was apparently collected in lowland rain forest
, probably on the
right bank
of the Congo River
, however, this information is uncertain
as specimens were also brought to the collector
(Hatt 1934) from
the left bank
of the river. There are two places called Lukolela
but these are on opposite sides of the river.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [more info]
Taxonomy
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- 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
.
Last scrutiny: 02-May-2001
Similar Species
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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)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Hatt, R. T. 1934. Fourteen hitherto unrecognized African rodents. American Museum Novitates 708: 1-15.
- Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
- Van der Straeten, E. and Dudu, A. M. 1990. Systematics and distribution of Praomys from the Masako Forest Reserve (Zaire), with the description of a new species. In: G. Peters and R. Hutterer (eds), Vertebrates in the Tropics, pp. 73-83. Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
- Van der Straeten, E. and Kerbis Peterhans, J. C. 1999. Praomys degraaffi, a new species of Muridae (Mammalia) from central Africa. South African Journal of Zoology 34: 80-90.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 06, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Van der Straeten, E. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Van der Straeten, E. 2004. Praomys minor. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- van der Straeten, E. 2008. Praomys minor. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider: African Rodentia
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 108627
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585477
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585477
- IUCN ID: 235414
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6336
Footnotes
- van der Straeten, E. 2008. Praomys minor. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
