Praomys Thomas 1915
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Praomys Thomas, 1915. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15:4
TYPE SPECIES: Epimys tullbergi Thomas, 1894.
COMMENTS: Myomys (or Myomyscus), Mastomys, and Hylomyscus have been united with Praomys as subgenera (D. H. S. Davis, 1965; Misonne, 1974), but are treated as separate genera here and by other workers such as Rosevear (1969), who also reviewed the taxonomic history of some species in Praomys as well as its generic status relative to the other genera allied with it. Van der Straeten and Dieterlen (1987) and Van der Straeten and Dudu (1990) provided brief reviews of the historical and current allocations of forms to the P. tullbergi, P. jacksoni, and P. delectorum complexes. Chromosomal and biochemical traits reviewed or referenced by Qumsiyeh et al. (1990), who combined Myomys and Mastomys with Praomys. Additional chromosomal information recorded by Maddalena et al. (1989). Not only do the contents of Praomys require careful systematic revision, but its phylogenetic relationships relative to Mastomys, Myomys, and Hylomyscus also needs resolution through revisionary studies.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 (DOI)
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References
- Thomas, O. 1894. On the mammals of Nyasaland: Third contribution. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1894: 136 - 142.
- Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.
- Rosevear, D. R. 1969. The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 677: 1 - 604.
- Van der Straeten, E., and F. Dieterlen. 1987. Praomys misonnei, a new species of Muridae from Eastern Zaire (Mammalia). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, ser. A (Biologie), 402: 1 - 40.
- Van der Straeten, E., and A. M. Dudu. 1990. Systematics and distribution of Praomys from the Masako Forest Reserve (Zaire), with the description of a new species. Pp. 73 - 83, in Vertebrates in the tropics (G. Peters and R. Hutterer, eds.). Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, 424 pp.
- Qumsiyeh, M. B., S. W. King, J. Arroyo-Cabrales, I. R. Aggundey, D. A. Schlitter, R. J. Baker, and K. J. Morrow, Jr. 1990. Chromosomal and protein evolution in morphologically similar species of Praomys sensu lato (Rodentia, Muridae). Journal of Heredity, 81: 58 - 65.
- Maddalena, T., E. Van der Straeten, L. Ntahuga, and A. Sparti. 1989. Nouvelles donnees et caryotypes des rongeurs du Burundi. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 96: 939 - 948.