Praomys mutoni

van der Straeten & A. M. Dudu, 1990

Riverine 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 Dudu, A.M. 1990. Systematics and distribution of Praomys from the Masako Forest Reserve (Zaire), with the description of a new species. Pp. 73–83 in Peters, G. and Hutterer, R. (eds.). Vertebrates in the tropics. Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn.

Original name as described

Praomys mutoni

Other common names

Masako Soft-furred Mouse · Muton's Soft-furred Mouse · Riverine Praomys

Type material

RMCA 1992.151-M-0001

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Batiabongena, Masako Forest Reserve, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003487

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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 mutoni

van der Straeten & A. M. Dudu, 1990

Family

Muridae

Root name

mutoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1992.151-M-0001

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Bonn

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:533) (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 #18119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18119/22417820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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