Praomyini
Tribe of rodents
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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.[1][2][3]
| Praomyini Temporal range: Late Miocene - present, | |
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| Ethiopian white-footed mouse (Stenocephalemys albipes) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Tribe: | Praomyini Lecompte et al., 2008 |
| Genera | |
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Chingawaemys | |
Species
Recent species
Species in the tribe include:[1][4][5][6]
- 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
- H. aeta group
- 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