Praomyini
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 is found in North Africa, and another 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
- 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''