Praomys melanotus

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 melanotus

Name

• Praomys melanotus G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1933: 106

Holotype: MCZ 26287, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Nyamwanga, Poroto Mountains, northwest end of Lake Nyasa, Tanganyika Territory [= Tanzania]”.

Combinations

• Praomys tullbergi melanotus G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1933: 106 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Praomys jacksoni melanotus: G. M. Allen, 1939: 410 [name combination]
• Rattus [(Praomys)] tullbergi melanotus: Ellerman, 1941: 208 [name combination]
• Rattus [(Praomys)] jacksoni melanotus: Swynnerton & Hayman, 1951: 316 [name combination]
• Rattus (Praomys) morio melanotus: Ansell, 1957: 546 [name combination]
• Praomys melanotus: Carleton & Stanley, 2012: 441 [name combination, elevate to species rank]

References

Primary references

• Allen, G.M. & Loveridge, A. 1933. Reports on the scientific results of an expedition to the southwestern highlands of Tanganyika Territory. II. Mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 75: 47–140.
• Allen, G.M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 83: 1–763.
• Ellerman, J.R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Volume II. Family Muridae. London: British Museum (Natural History).
• Swynnerton, G.H. & Hayman, R.W. 1951. A check list of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 20: 274–392.
• Ansell, W.F.H. 1957. Some mammals from Northern Rhodesia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 12: 529–550.
• 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.