Praomys taitae

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
Genus: Praomys
Species: Praomys taitae

Name

Praomys taitae (Heller, 1912)

• Holotype: USNM 181797, adult ♂, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “Mt. Mbololo, Taita Mountains [= Taita Hills], British East Africa [= Kenya], 5000 feet altitude [= 1524 m]”.

Combinations

• Epimys taitae Heller, 1912: 9 [original combination]
• Rattus [(Praomys)] taitae: Hollister, 1919: 79 [name combination]
• Praomys taitae: G. M. Allen, 1939: 410 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Praomys jacksoni octomastis Hatt, 1940: 2 [synonymized by Carleton & Stanley (2012: 444)]
  • Holotype: AMNH 55718, adult ♀, skin and skull.
  • Type locality: “6000 feet [= 1829 m] in the Old Mbulu Reserve [Kainam], Tanganyika Territory [= Tanzania]”

References

Primary references

• Heller, E. 1912. New rodents from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 59: 1–20.
• Hollister, N. 1919. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part II. Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 99: 1–184.
• Allen, G.M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 83: 1–763.
• Hatt, R.T. 1940. Lagomorpha and Rodentia other than Sciuridae, Anomaluridae, and Idiuridae, collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 76: 457–604.

Additional references

• Carleton, M.D. & Stanley, W.T. 2012. Species limits within the Praomys delectorum group (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae) of East Africa: a morphometric reassessment and biogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165(2): 420-469. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00817.x Reference page.