Praomys rostratus

(G. S. Miller, 1900)

West African 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1900-12-28. A collection of small mammals from Mount Coffee, Liberia. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:631-649.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872713

Original name as described

Mus tullbergi rostratus

Other common names

Forest Soft-furred Mouse · West African Praomys

Type material

USNM:MAMM:83836

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32791a083-c30c-4fa4-84ce-7d6a45d349f7

Type locality

Mount Coffee, Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia? · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003490

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.

Mus tullbergi rostratus

(G. S. Miller, 1900)

Family

Muridae

Root name

rostratus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:83836

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32791a083-c30c-4fa4-84ce-7d6a45d349f7

Authority page

637

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872713

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Praomys rostratus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

rostratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

544

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Happold (2013:536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18120/22417586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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