Coetzee's Praomys
Praomys coetzeei Van der Straeten, 2008
Also calledCoetzee-Weichhaarratte (deu) · Praomys de Coetzee (fra) · pramyszówka angolska (pol)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Coetzee’s Soft-furred Mouse is probably nocturnal and terrestrial.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
description
Descriptive notes. Head-body 90 - 140 mm, tail 123 - 163 mm, ear 14 - 21 mm, hindfoot 24 - 28 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Fur of Coetzee’s Soft-furred Mouse is brown above, slightly darker than Tullberg’s Soft-furred Mouse (P. tullbergi) and gray to whitish gray below but never as white as on Tullberg’s Soft-furred Mouse. Tail is very long (c. 137 % of head-body length) and usually same color below and above. Hindfeet and forefeet are white. Females have three pairs of nipples.
Muridae
discussion
Praomys coetzeei previously was grouped in the species P. tullbergi but shown to be distinct based on craniometric characters. Monotypic.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Praomys coetzeei in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9218659.