Praomyini is a tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. Species in this tribe are found mostly throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, but one species (Mastomys erythroleucus) is found in North Africa, and another (Ochromyscus yemeni) is found in the Arabian Peninsula.
Species
Recent species Species in the tribe include:
Genus Chingawaemys Chingawa forest rat, Chingawaemys rarus Genus Colomys African wading rat, Colomys goslingi Colomys wologizi Colomys lumumbai Colomys eisentrauti Genus Congomys Lukolela swamp rat, Congomys lukolelae Verschuren's swamp rat, Congomys verschureni Genus Heimyscus African smoky mouse, Heimyscus fumosus Genus Hylomyscus - African wood mice H. aeta group Beaded wood mouse, Hylomyscus aeta Hylomyscus grandis H. alleni group Allen's wood mouse, Hylomyscus alleni Angolan wood mouse, Hylomyscus carillus Stella wood mouse, Hylomyscus stella Walter Verheyen's mouse, Hylomyscus walterverheyeni H. anselli group Ansell's wood mouse, Hylomyscus anselli Arc Mountain wood mouse, Hylomyscus arcimontensis H. baeri group Baer's wood mouse, Hylomyscus baeri H. denniae group Montane wood mouse, Hylomyscus denniae Small-footed forest mouse, Hylomyscus endorobae Hylomyscus vulcanorum H. parvus group Little wood mouse, Hylomyscus parvus Genus Mastomys - multimammate rats Angolan multimammate mouse, Mastomys angolensis Awash multimammate mouse, Mastomys awashensis Southern multimammate mouse, Mastomys coucha Guinea multimammate mouse, Mastomys erythroleucus Hubert's multimammate mouse, Mastomys huberti Verheyen's multimammate mouse, Mastomys kollmannspergeri Natal multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis Shortridge's multimammate mouse, Mastomys shortridgei Genus Montemys Delectable soft-furred mouse, Montemys delectorum Genus Myomyscus Verreaux's mouse, Myomyscus verreauxii Genus Nilopegamys Ethiopian amphibious rat, Nilopegamys plumbeus (possibly extinct) Genus Ochromyscus - rock mice Brockman's rock mouse or Brockman's white-footed rat, Ochromyscus brockmani Yemeni mouse, Ochromyscus yemeni Genus Praomys - African soft-furred rats Praomys coetzeei Dalton's mouse, Praomys daltoni De Graaff's soft-furred mouse, Praomys degraaffi Deroo's mouse, Praomys derooi Hartwig's soft-furred mouse, Praomys hartwigi Jackson's soft-furred mouse, Praomys jacksoni Least soft-furred mouse, Praomys minor Misonne's soft-furred mouse, Praomys misonnei Cameroon soft-furred mouse, Praomys morio Muton's soft-furred mouse, Praomys mutoni Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse, Praomys obscurus Peter's soft-furred mouse, Praomys petteri Forest soft-furred mouse, Praomys rostratus Tullberg's soft-furred mouse, Praomys tullbergi Genus Serengetimys Dwarf multimammate mouse, Serengetimys pernanus Genus Stenocephalemys - Ethiopian narrow-headed rats Ethiopian white-footed mouse, Stenocephalemys albipes Ethiopian narrow-headed rat, Stenocephalemys albocaudata Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat, Stenocephalemys griseicauda Rupp's mouse, Stenocephalemys ruppi Genus Zelotomys - stink mice Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse, Zelotomys hildegardeae Woosnam's broad-headed mouse, Zelotomys woosnami
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