Praomys degraaffi

van der Straeten & Kerbis Peterhans, 1999

De Graaff'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

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(2):80-90.

Authority publication link

http://projects.biodiversity.be/africanrodentia/publications/african_rodentia_publication_30.pdf

Original name as described

Praomys degraaffi

Other common names

De Graaff's Praomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:137573

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=bbdc1c2a-4c3c-41f5-afaf-ce8a7f37123b

Type locality

Abris Nyamugari, 2200 m, Burundi.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003479

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.

Praomys degraaffi

van der Straeten & Kerbis Peterhans, 1999

Family

Muridae

Root name

degraaffi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:137573

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=bbdc1c2a-4c3c-41f5-afaf-ce8a7f37123b

Authority page

81

Authority publication

South African Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41210/22417714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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