Praomys daltoni

(O. Thomas, 1892)

Dalton'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1892-08-01. Descriptions of three new African Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)10(56):179-183.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27658786

Original name as described

Mus Daltoni

Other common names

Dalton's Mouse · Dalton's Praomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1865.3.30.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4729aca4-9872-4115-aa69-00555842d009

Type locality

"W. Africa (probably Fernando Po)." Corrected by O. Thomas in 1911 to "Upper Nicola Coba, Gambia [= Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal, according to P. Grubb and colleagues in 1998]. 500' [= 152 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Mali · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Sudan

Taxonomy notes

includes derooi

Taxonomy notes citation

Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Denys, C., & Cotterill, F. P. (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003478

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mus Daltoni

(O. Thomas, 1892)

Family

Muridae

Root name

daltoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1865.3.30.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4729aca4-9872-4115-aa69-00555842d009

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27658786

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mus Butleri

(Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

butleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.4.2.40

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a4b1b597-5b47-40e9-bbea-fedbd98511ae

Authority page

503

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413756

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Myomys daltoni saturatus

(Ingoldby, 1929)

Family

Muridae

Root name

saturatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1929.1.11.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6676e748-7f88-416f-9165-3f46bf030be8

Authority page

520

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus daltoni ingoldbyi

(Ellerman, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ingoldbyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1929.1.11.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6676e748-7f88-416f-9165-3f46bf030be8

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8410530

Authority publication

Families and Genera of Living Rodents

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Myomys derooi

(van der Straeten & W. N. Verheyen, 1978)

Family

Muridae

Root name

derooi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1973.013-M-202

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45539636

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Praomys daltoni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

daltoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45094/115203029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Praomys derooi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

derooi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45095/115203240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Praomys butleri

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

butleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

543

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Myomys daltoni

(O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006)

Family

Muridae

Root name

daltoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Grammomys macmillani tuareg

(Braestrup, 1935)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tuareg

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Københaven

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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