Praomys morio

(Trouessart, 1881)

Cameroon Soft-furred Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Praomyini
Genus: Praomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Trouessart, É.L. 1881. Catalogue des mammifères vivants et fossiles. Ordre des rongeurs. Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques d'Angers 10(1):58-212.

Original name as described

Mus morio

Other common names

Cameroon Praomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/14fe0d19-c869-4fff-ab83-7bd2ccfd9d75

Type locality

Mount Cameroon, 2135 m, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003486

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Mus maura

J. E. Gray, 1862

Family

Muridae

Root name

maurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.5

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

"Camaroon Mountains, 7000 feet above the level of the sea."

Type locality

Cameroon.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/14fe0d19-c869-4fff-ab83-7bd2ccfd9d75

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577213

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1862:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15688)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus morio

Trouessart, 1881

Family

Muridae

Root name

morio

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.5

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Afrique Ouest, Monts Cameroon · "Camaroon Mountains, 7000 feet above the level of the sea."

Type locality

Cameroon.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/14fe0d19-c869-4fff-ab83-7bd2ccfd9d75

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques d'Angers

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:483, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:376, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Mus maurus:

Tullberg, 1893

Family

Muridae

Root name

maurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15370241

Authority publication

Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis

Name usages

Tullberg (1893:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15370241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68736)

Praomys morio:

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

morio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

178

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1926:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19476)
Allen (1939:410, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Corbet & Hill (1980:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:543, 544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18118/115142184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rattus morio:

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953

Family

Muridae

Root name

morio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

279

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
Hayman (1963:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

Rattus morio morio:

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953

Family

Muridae

Root name

morio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

279

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)

Praomys morio morio:

Eisentraut, 1963

Family

Muridae

Root name

morio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

Eisentraut (1963:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)

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