HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Praomys
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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