Praomys tullbergi (Thomas 1894)

[Epimys] tullbergi Thomas 1894, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 13: 205.

Type Locality: Ghana, Ashanti, Wasa, Ankober River.

Vernacular Names: Tullberg's Praomys.

Synonyms: Praomys burtoni (Thomas 1892) .

Distribution: Forest and Guinea woodland from Gambia River in the west through Cameroon to N and E Dem. Rep. Congo; Bioko (Equatorial Guinea); also NW Angola (Crawford-Cabral, 1998; specimens in FMNH) and Kakamega Forest Reserve in NW Kenya (specimen in USNM); limits unknown.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Rosevear (1969), Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1981), and more recent reports cited in the above species accounts. Morphologically closely related to P. misonnei, P. morio, and P. rostratus . Grubb et al. (1998) reviewed populations in the Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Ghana. Ecological information recorded for population on Accra Plains of S Ghana by Decher and Bahian (1999). A karyotype of 2n = 34 (all acrocentric autosomes) was recorded by Granjon et al. (1992) from Senegal, which is similar to karyotypes obtained from samples collected in Côte d’Ivoire and Central African Republic (Matthey, 1958). Additional comments on Senegal distribution given by Duplantier and Granjon (1992). Barnett et al. (1996) documented its occurrence on the Kounounkan Massif in SW Guinea. See account of P. rostratus .