Praomys minor

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

Praomys minor Hatt, 1934

Holotype: AMNH 86816, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by James P. Chapin on 31 July 1930.
Type locality: “Lukolela, middle Congo”.

Hatt, R.T. 1934. Fourteen hitherto unrecognized African rodents. American Museum Novitates 708: 1–15. hdl: 2246/4498 Reference page.
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.

English: Least Soft-furred Mouse