Muton's soft-furred mouse

Muton's soft-furred mouse
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Praomys
Species:	P. mutoni
Binomial name
Praomys mutoni Van der Straeten & Dudu, 1990

Muton's soft-furred mouse or riverine praomys (Praomys mutoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swampland and rivers.

References

1. Kennerley, R.; Van der Straeten , E. (2016). "Praomys mutoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T18119A22417820. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T18119A22417820.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite iucn}}: uses deprecated |page= identifier (help)

Further reading

• 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. p. 1449. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.