Praomys Thomas 1915 (African soft-furred rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Alternative spelling: Epimys (Praomys)

Parent taxon: Muridae according to D. Geraads 1998

See also Thomas 1915

Sister taxa: Abditomys, Afrocricetodontinae, Allorattus, Anthracomys, Apodemus, Apomys, Arvicanthis, Bullimus, Castillomys, Castorina, Castromys, Centralomys, Chiropodomys, Colomys, Dasymys, Deomyinae, Echymina, Extrarius, Gerbillinae, Gerbua, Grammomys, Hapalomys, Huaxiamys, Huerzelerimys, Hydromina, Hyomys, Karnimata, Kritimys, Lemniscomys, Limnomys, Mastacomys, Micromys, Mikrotia, Murina, Murinae, Myocricetodontinae, Myotomys, Mysops, Nesokia, Occitanomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Paraethomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Proceromys, Progonomys, Rhabdomys, Rhagamys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Spalacinae, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tachyoryctoidinae, Tarsomys, Thallomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys

Subtaxa: Epimys (Praomys) stella Epimys (Praomys) tullbergi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (4 collections), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Kenya (1), Morocco (4), South Africa (1), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (1), Zambia (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), Morocco (2), South Africa (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Morocco (1)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

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