Cameroon Praomys
Praomys morio (Trouessart, 1881)
Also calledHarlekijnbosmuis (nld) · Kamerun-Weichhaarratte (deu) · Praomys du Cameroun (fra) · Souris sylvestre du Mont Cameroon (fra) · kameruninpehmohiiri (fin) · krysa pralesní (ces) · pramyszówka miękkowłosa (pol) · Камерунская крыса (rus) · カメルーンヤワゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Bull. Soc. Etudes Sci. Angers vol.10 p.121
The Cameroon soft-furred mouse or Cameroon praomys (Praomys morio) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: 2 n = 34 (Matthey, 1965 a). A member of the P. tullbergi complex. Musser and Carleton (1993) restricted P. morio to Mt Cameroon, although Eisentraut (1970) recorded it from the island of Bioko, and F. Petter (1965) discussed samples from the Central African Republic. Musser and Carleton also noted that " The species requires definition; alleged distinctions between it and P. tullbergi may not reflect specific differences (Hutterer, in litt.). Our study revealed that series from outside of Mt Cameroon identified as morio are either tullbergi or an undescribed species of Praomys (the series from Central African Republic, for example [see P. petteri below]). " Van der Straeten (in litt., 1994) wrote us that " The morphological differences between morio and tullbergi are clear and were described in detail by Eisentraut. I obtained the same results using all Praomys specimens collected by Eisentraut in Bioko and on Mount Cameroon in a principal component analysis. All this is in agreement with the breeding experiments carried out by Eisentraut. " Lecompte et al. (1999) redescribed the holotype of morio, providing illustrations of the skull and molar rows along with cranial a
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Mt Cameroon and the mountainous island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), essentially the distribution outlined by Eisentraut (1970).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Cameroon, Mt Cameroon, 7000 ft (2135 m); see Rosevear (1969: 399).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: A member of the P. tullbergi complex. We restrict P. morio to Mt. Cameroon, although Eisentraut (1970) recorded it from Bioko, and Petter (1965) discussed samples from the Central African Republic. The species requires definition; alledged distinctions between it and P. tullbergi may not reflect specific differences (Hutterer, in litt.). Our study revealed that series from outside of Mt. Cameroon identified as morio are either tullbergi or an undescribed species of Praomys (the series from Central African Republic, for example).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Praomys morio in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438474.