Praomys coetzeei

van der Straeten, 2008

Coetzee's Soft-furred Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Praomyini
Genus : Praomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

van der Straeten, E. 2008. Notes on the Praomys of Angola with the description of a new species (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) (n.s.)1:123-131.

Original name as described

Praomys coetzeei

Other common names

Coetzee's Praomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:81981

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Duque de Bragança (25 km N, 15 km E), Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Van der Straeten, E. (2008). Notes on the Praomys of Angola with the description of a new species (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie, 1, 123-131.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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