Praomys minor

Hatt, 1934

Least 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

Hatt, R.T. 1934-04-04. Fourteen hitherto unrecognized African rodents. American Museum Novitates 708:1-15.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/4498

Original name as described

Praomys jacksoni minor

Other common names

Least Praomys

Type material

AMNH M-86816

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-86816

Type locality

"Lukolela, middle Congo," Équateur District, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003484

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 jacksoni minor

Hatt, 1934

Family

Muridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-86816

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-86816

Authority page

11

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Praomys minor

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18116/22418194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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