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SPECIES Praomys minor

Author:Hatt, 1934.
Citation:Am. Mus. Novit., 708: 11.
Common Name:Least Praomys
Type Locality:Dem. Rep. Congo, Equateur, Lukolela.
Distribution:Recorded only from the type locality.
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable
Comments:Still only known by the three specimens in Hatt’s sample. Originally described as a subspecies of P. jacksoni (Hatt, 1934b), and then treated as a subspecies of P. tullbergi (F. Petter, 1975c), minor is a distinct species in the P. jacksoni complex (Van der Straeten and Dieterlen, 1987; Van der Straeten and Dudu, 1990; Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans, 1999).
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