Tullberg's soft-furred mouse
| Tullberg's Soft-furred Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Praomys |
| Species: | P. tullbergi |
| Binomial name | |
| Praomys tullbergi (Thomas, 1894) | |
Tullberg's Soft-furred Mouse or Tullberg's Praomys (Praomys tullbergi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, possibly Burkina Faso, and possibly Guinea-Bissau. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Van der Straeten, E. & Decher, J. 2004. Praomys tullbergi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.