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 (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, 11–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Tribe:	Praomyini Lecompte et al., 2008
Genera
Chingawaemys Colomys Congomys Heimyscus Hylomyscus Mastomys Montemys Myomyscus Nilopegamys Ochromyscus Praomys Serengetimys Stenocephalemys Zelotomys

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
• 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