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Praomys  Thomas, 1915
Taxonomic Serial No.: 585071

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Berberomys Jaeger, 1975
  
  Common Name(s): African Soft-furred Mice [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855 – Rats, souris, Mice, Rats, Voles, Gerbils, Hamsters, Lemmings  
                                     SuperfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811  
                                        FamilyMuridae Illiger, 1811 – campagnols, rats, souris, mice, rats, voles  
                                           SubfamilyMurinae Illiger, 1811 – Old World rats, Old World mice  
                                              GenusPraomys Thomas, 1915 – African Soft-furred Mice  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 SpeciesPraomys daltoni (Thomas, 1892) – Dalton's Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys degraaffi Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans, 1999 – De Graaff's Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys delectorum (Thomas, 1910) – East African Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys derooi (Van der Straeten and Verheyen, 1978) – Deroo's Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys hartwigi Eisentraut, 1968 – Hartwig's Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys jacksoni (de Winton, 1897) – Jackson's Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys lukolelae (Hatt, 1934) – Lukolela Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys minor Hatt, 1934 – Least Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys misonnei Van der Straeten and Dieterlen, 1987 – Misonne's Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys morio (Trouessart, 1881) – Cameroon Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys mutoni Van der Straeten and Dudu, 1990 – Riverine Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys obscurus Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1992 – Gotel Mountain Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys petteri Van der Straeten, Lecompte and Denys, 2003 – Petter's Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys rostratus (Miller, 1900) – West African Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys tullbergi (Thomas, 1894) – Tullberg's Praomys 
                                                 SpeciesPraomys verschureni (Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977) – Verschuren's Praomys 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Guy G. Musser   
  Notes: Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024   
  Reference for: Praomys    
       
  Expert: Michael D. Carleton   
  Notes: Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Praomys    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Superfamily Muroidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 894-1531   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Praomys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rosevear, D. R.   
  Publication Date: 1969   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Rodents of West Africa   
  Page(s): 604   
  Publisher: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Reference for: Praomys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Praomys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: African Soft-furred Mice[English]   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Stenocephalemys Division. Myomyscus (or Myomys), Mastomys, and Hylomyscus have been united with Praomys as subgenera (D. H. S. Davis, 1965; Misonne, 1974), but are treated as separate genera here and by other workers such as Rosevear (1969), who also reviewed the taxonomic history of some species in Praomys as well as its generic status relative to the other genera allied with it. Cladistic analyses of morphological variation has also supported the monophyly of Mastomys, Myomyscus, and Hylo...  
 

 

    


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