Praomys petteri Van der Straeten, Lecompte, and Denys 2003

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1450

Praomys petteri Van der Straeten, Lecompte, and Denys 2003

Praomys petteri Van der Straeten, Lecompte, and Denys 2003 , Bonn. Zool. Beitr., Vol. 50: 333.

Type Locality: Central African Republic, Boukoko, 03E54' N, 17E56' E.

Vernacular Names: Petter's Praomys.

Distribution: Tropical lowland rainforest in S Cameroon, S Central African Republic, and S Republic of Congo.

Discussion: One of the largest-bodied species of Praomys in the P. tullbergi group. Populations formerly included in P. morio (F. Petter, 1965; Matthey, 1965), P. lukolelae (F. Petter, 1975; Genest-Villard, 1980; Granjon, 1991; Chevret et al., 1994), or considered distinct but unnamed ( Musser and Carleton, 1993). Phylogenetic affinities discussed by Van der Straeten et al. (2003), who compared P. petteri with samples of P. rostratus , P. misonnei , P. verschureni , and P. lukolelae . Locally sympatric with either P. tullbergi or P. jacksoni in Republic of Congo ( Granjon, 1991).