Praomys petteri

van der Straeten, Lecompte, & Denys, 2003

Petter'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., Lecompte, É. and Denys, C. 2003. _Praomys petteri_: une nouvelle espèce des Muridae africains (Mammalia, Rodentia). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 50(4):329-345.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44629790

Original name as described

Praomys petteri

Other common names

Petter's Praomys

Type material

MNHN 1971-518

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Boukoko, Central African Republic.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Gabon

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003489

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 petteri

van der Straeten, Lecompte, & Denys, 2003

Family

Muridae

Root name

petteri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1971-518

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

333

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44629790

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:535) (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 #45072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45072/22418555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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