Praomys jacksoni
(de Winton, 1897)
Jackson'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
de Winton, W.E. 1897-08-31. On a collection of small mammals from Uganda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20(117):316-320.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415298Original name as described
Mus Jacksoni
Other common names
Jackson's Praomys
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.4.68
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c6ee18c-4cf3-413c-90fa-df6c2a090af0Type locality
Entebbe, Uganda.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Guinea
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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