Praomys mutoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Praomyini
Genus: Praomys
Species: Praomys mutoni

Name

Praomys mutoni van der Straeten & Dudu, 1990: 75

• Holotype: RMCA 1992.151-M-0001, adult ♂, body in alchol with skull, collected by Akaibe Dudu on 31 May 1985.
• Type locality: “Batiabongena (Masako Forest Reserve, Zaire) 00°36'N 25°13'E”.

References

Primary references

• Van der Straeten, E. & 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. & Hutterer, R. (ed.). Vertebrates in the Tropics. Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Institute and Zoological Museum: Bonn. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Riverine Soft-furred Mouse