Muton's Soft-furred Mouse

Muton's Soft-furred Mouse
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Praomys
Species:	P. mutoni
Binomial name
Praomys mutoni Van der Straeten & Dudu, 1990

Muton's Soft-Furred Mouse or Riverine Praomys (Praomys mutoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and rivers.

References

• Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1449. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001689. 
• Van der Straeten, E. 2004. Praomys mutoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.