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Verschuren's Praomys
Praomys verschureni (Verheyen & Van der Straeten, 1977)
Also calledPraomys de Verschuren (fra) · Verschuren-Weichhaarratte (deu)
First described in: Rev. Zool. Afr. vol.91 p.739
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN – Near Threatened as Malacomys verschureni.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
Discussion: Described as a species of Malacomys and all published information referenced under that taxonomic combination. Original description was based on one specimen (Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977), and the species is still represented by very few examples (Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1984; Robbins and Van der Straeten, 1982). Chromosomal information reported by Robbins and Van der Straeten (1982). Analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences placed P. verschureni near Myomyscus yemeni and not species of Praomys (Lecompte et al., 2002 b), but nuclear IRBP gene sequences alligned it with species of Praomys (E. Lecompte, in litt., 2002). See account of P. lukolelae.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Known only from NE Dem. Rep. Congo (eastern edge of Central African high forest block).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. Verschuren’s Soft-furred Mouse is presumably nocturnal and terrestrial.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Praomys verschureni in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264882.