Praomys tullbergi (Thomas 1894)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1450

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 .