Praomys misonnei Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1987
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a14 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4783959 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F78791-FF90-FFBB-FEA9-4DB6FB93FD32 |
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Felipe |
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Praomys misonnei Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1987 |
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Praomys misonnei Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1987 View in CoL
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Praomys misonnei Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1987: 3 View in CoL .
COMMON NAME. — Misonne’s Soft-furred Rat.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary • 5 ♂; USNM 590095-590098 About USNM , SMF 91365 • 12 ♀; USNM 590093 About USNM , 590094 About USNM , USNM 590115 About USNM , 590116 About USNM , SMF 91435, 91363 About SMF , 91366 About SMF , 91367-91369 About SMF , 93747 About SMF , ZTNHC 953 • 1?; USNM 590117 About USNM . Apesokubi • 7 ♂; USNM 590099 About USNM , SMF 91374 + 91377, ZTNHC 961 , 962 , 964 , UVM VR062 View Materials • 5 ♀; USNM 590100 About USNM , USNM 590118 – 590120 About USNM , SMF 91375. Kalakpa Resource Reserve (see Fig. 5 View FIG ) • 8 ♂; USNM 590080 About USNM + 590081, USNM 590083-590085 About USNM , USNM 590088 About USNM , USNM 590091 About USNM , USNM 590113 About USNM , ZTNHC 949 • 6 ♀; USNM 590082 About USNM , USNM 590086 About USNM + 590087, USNM 590089 About USNM + 590090, USNM 590114 About USNM • 1?; USNM 590079 About USNM . Kyabobo National Park • 3 ♀; USNM 590121-590123 About USNM . Shiare • 1 ♀; USNM 590124 About USNM • 2♀; SMF 91372 + 91373. Tagbo-Falls • 1 ♂; USNM 590103 About USNM ; 1 ♀; USNM 590125 About USNM .
REMARK
With 190 captured individuals, Praomys misonnei was the most frequently caught species in the Volta Region, followed by Mus (Nannomys) musculoides Temminck, 1853 (n = 23) and Hylomyscus pamfi (n = 7). All Praomys had been tentatively identified as P. tullbergi in the field, but a recent molecular follow-up study included seven of our specimens from Agumatsa, Apesokubi and Shiare and showed that they all belonged to P. misonnei , reinforcing that P. tullbergi is limited to the Upper Guinea Region, west of the Volta River and P. misonnei to the Dahomey Gap region into Central Africa ( Nicolas et al. 2010a, 2011) with the Volta River forming the zoogeographic barrier between the two species. Our specimens were part of their Clade II, which is restricted to the Ghana-Togo Highlands and Dahomey Gap area.
CONSERVATION STATUS. — Praomys misonnei is listed as “Least Concern” on the 2019 IUCN Red List, but the species range has not yet been updated to include the Lower Guinea Region based on Nicolas et al. (2010a, 2011).
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Praomys misonnei Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1987
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