Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse

Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Praomys
Species:	P. obscurus
Binomial name
	Praomys obscurus; Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1992
Synonyms
	Praomys hartwigi obscurus Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1992

The Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse or Gotel Mountain praomys (Praomys obscurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.^[1]^[2] 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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kennerley, R. (2016). "Praomys obscurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T41211A22418016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41211A22418016.en. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[IUCN-1] Kennerley, R. (2016). "Praomys obscurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T41211A22418016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41211A22418016.en. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[msw3-2] Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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