NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Dalton's Praomys
Praomys daltoni (Thomas, 1892)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Dalton's mouse or Dalton's praomys (Praomys daltoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and Togo.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, rocky areas, and urban areas.
Wikipedia contributors, Dalton's mouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:15:17.060473+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Praomys daltoni (Thomas, 1892)
- Name authority
- (Thomas, 1892)
- Common name
- Dalton's Praomys
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Praomys
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyMuridae Illiger, 1811
- subfamilyMurinae Illiger, 1811
- genusPraomys Thomas, 1915
- speciesPraomys daltoni (Thomas, 1892)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Praomys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hartwig's PraomysPraomys hartwigi Eisentraut, 1968 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jackson's PraomysPraomys jacksoni (de Winton, 1897) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Misonne's PraomysPraomys misonnei Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1987 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cameroon PraomysPraomys morio (Trouessart, 1881) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Riverine PraomysPraomys mutoni Van der Straeten & Dudu, 1990 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Petter's PraomysPraomys petteri Van der Straeten, Lecompte & Denys, 2003 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West African PraomysPraomys rostratus (Miller, 1900) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tullberg's PraomysPraomys tullbergi (Thomas, 1894) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Verschuren's PraomysPraomys verschureni (Verheyen & Van der Straeten, 1977) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| De Graaff's PraomysPraomys degraaffi Van der Straeten & Kerbis Peterhans, 1999 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| East African PraomysPraomys delectorum (Thomas, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lukolela PraomysPraomys lukolelae (Hatt, 1934) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Myomys daltoni (Thomas, 1892) (Thomas, 1892) | synonym |
| Myomys daltoni saturatus Ingoldby, 1929 Ingoldby, 1929 | synonym |
| Rattus daltoni ingoldbyi Ellerman, 1941 Ellerman, 1941 | synonym |
| Grammomys macmillani tuareg Braestrup, 1935 Braestrup, 1935 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=970879 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4M8YB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.