Praomys obscurus

Hutterer & Dieterlen in Hutterer, Dieterlen, & Nikolaus, 1992

Gotel Mountain 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

Hutterer, R., Dieterlen, F. and Nikolaus, G. 1992. Small mammals from forest islands of eastern Nigeria and adjacent Cameroon, with systematical and biogeographical notes. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 43(3):393-414.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44797096

Original name as described

Praomys hartwigi obscurus

Other common names

Gotel Mountain Praomys · Obscure Soft-Furred Mouse · Obscure Praomys

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1988.115

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Gangirwal, Gotel Mountains, Mambilla Plateau, 2300 m, south-eastern Nigeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003488

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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 hartwigi obscurus

Hutterer & Dieterlen in Hutterer, Dieterlen, & Nikolaus, 1992

Family

Muridae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1988.115

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

402

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44797096

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Praomys obscurus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

obscurus

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 (2013:534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41211/115177231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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