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African Mice
Praomyini
Praomyini is a tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. Species in this tribe are found mostly throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, but one species (Mastomys erythroleucus) is found in North Africa, and another (Ochromyscus yemeni) is found in the Arabian Peninsula.
14 branches of this tribe, most-observed first · about 65 known species
Multimammate Mice
genusMastomys
Soft-furred Mice
genusPraomys
African Wood Mice
genusHylomyscus
Meadow Mice
genusMyomyscus
Narrow-headed Rats
genusStenocephalemys
Colomys
genusColomys
Montemys
genusMontemys
Heimyscus
genusHeimyscus
Serengetimys
genusSerengetimys
Congomys
genusCongomys
Chingawaemys
genusChingawaemys
Broad-headed Stink Mice
genusZelotomys
Nilopegamys
genusNilopegamys
Ochromyscus
genusOchromyscus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846342.