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Gotel Mountain Praomys
Praomys obscurus Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1992
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
The Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse (Praomys obscurus) or Gotel Mountain praomys, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the Gotel Mountains in southeastern Nigeria. It occurs in fern-grassland, montane forest, along streams in forest, gallery forest, and swamp forest, at elevations of 1,600–2,400 m (5,200–7,900 ft) above sea level. It is threatened by habitat loss (deforestation), presumably caused by logging and the conversion of land to agricultural and other uses.
Wikipedia contributors, Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:43:17.631820+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Praomys obscurus Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1992
- Name authority
- Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1992
- Common name
- Gotel Mountain 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 obscurus Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1992
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 |
| Dalton's PraomysPraomys daltoni (Thomas, 1892) | 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 |
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=970883 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:4M8YN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.