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Muton's soft-furred mouse

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Species of rodent

Muton's soft-furred mouse
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Praomys
Species: P. mutoni
Binomial name
Praomys mutoni
Van der Straeten & Dudu, 1990

Muton's soft-furred mouse or riverine praomys (Praomys mutoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swampland and rivers.

References

  1. Kennerley, R.; Van der Straeten , E. (2016). "Praomys mutoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18119A22417820. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T18119A22417820.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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 mutoni

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