Praomys verschureni Verheyen and Van der Straeten 1977

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 : 1451

Praomys verschureni Verheyen and Van der Straeten 1977

Praomys verschureni Verheyen and Van der Straeten 1977 , Rev. Zool. Afr., 91: 739.

Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, Orientale, Mamiki.

Vernacular Names: Verschuren's Praomys.

Distribution: Known only from NE Dem. Rep. Congo (eastern edge of Central African high forest block).

Conservation: IUCN – Near Threatened as Malacomys verschureni .

Discussion: Described as a species of Malacomys and all published information referenced under that taxonomic combination. Original description was based on one specimen ( Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977), and the species is still represented by very few examples ( Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1984; Robbins and Van der Straeten, 1982). Chromosomal information reported by Robbins and Van der Straeten (1982). Analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences placed P. verschureni near Myomyscus yemeni and not species of Praomys ( Lecompte et al., 2002 b) , but nuclear IRBP gene sequences alligned it with species of Praomys (E. Lecompte, in litt., 2002). See account of P. lukolelae .