Praomys misonnei

van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1987

Misonne'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 Dieterlen, F. 1987. _Praomys misonnei_, a new species of Muridae from eastern Zaïre (Mammalia). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A)402:1-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33622927

Original name as described

Praomys misonnei

Other common names

Misonne's Praomys

Type material

SMNS 10555

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Irangi, Kivu region, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003485

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 misonnei

van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1987

Family

Muridae

Root name

misonnei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 10555

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33622927

Authority publication

Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:531) (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 #18117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18117/22418111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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