Delectable soft-furred mouse

Delectable soft-furred mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Praomyini
Genus:	Montemys Nicolas et al., 2021
Species:	M. delectorum
Binomial name
Montemys delectorum (Thomas, 1910)
Synonyms
Praomys delectorum

The delectable soft-furred mouse or East African praomys (Montemys delectorum) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only member of the genus Montemys; it was formerly classified in the genus Praomys . ^{[2] [3]}

It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. Cassola, F. (2016). "Praomys delectorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T18114A22418403. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18114A22418403.en .
2. Nicolas, Violaine; Mikula, Ondřej; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Šumbera, Radim; Bartáková, Veronika; Bryjová, Anna; Meheretu, Yonas; Verheyen, Erik; Missoup, Alain Didier; Lemmon, Alan R.; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Bryja, Josef (2021-10-01). "Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 163 107263. Bibcode:2021MolPE.16307263N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263. hdl: 10067/1795280151162165141 . ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   34273505.
3. "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
• Cassola, F. (2016). "Praomys delectorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T18114A22418403. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18114A22418403.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.