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Hartwig's soft-furred mouse

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Species of rodent

Hartwig's soft-furred mouse
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Praomys
Species: P. hartwigi
Binomial name
Praomys hartwigi
Eisentraut, 1968

Hartwig's soft-furred mouse or Hartwig's praomys (Praomys hartwigi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Van der Straeten, E. & Dieterlen, F. 2004. Praomys hartwigi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Stenocephalomys–Xeromys)
Stenocephalomys
Division
Congomys
Heimyscus
Hylomyscus
(African wood mice)
Mastomys
(Multimammate rats)
Montemys
Myomyscus
(Multimammate rats)
Ochromyscus
Praomys
(African
soft-furred rats)
Serengetimys
Stenocephalemys
(Ethiopian
narrow-headed rats)
Uromys Division
Melomys
(Banana rats)
Paramelomys
Protochromys
Solomys
(Naked-tailed rats)
Uromys
(Giant naked-tailed rats)
Xeromys Division
Leptomys
Pseudohydromys
(New Guinea
false water rats)
Xeromys
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Praomys hartwigi


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