Praomys delectorum (Thomas, 1910)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 642

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scientific name	Praomys delectorum (Thomas, 1910)
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Praomys delectorum (Thomas, 1910) View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 6:430.

TYPE LOCALITY: S Malawi, Mlanji Plateau, 5500 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: High plateaus and isolated mountains from NE Zambia (Nyika Plateau, Makutus, and Mafingas; see map in Ansell, 1978) and Malawi (see map in Ansell and Dowsett, 1988), through Tanzania to SE Kenya.

SYNONYMS: melanotus , octomastis, taitae .

COMMENTS: Of the synonyms belonging here, taitae was described as a species ( Heller, 1912) and recognized as such by Hollister (1919) and Swynnerton and Hayman (1951), melanotus was described as a form of P. tullbergi ( Allen and Loveridge, 1933) , and octomastis was presented as a subspecies of P. jacksoni ( Hatt, 1940b) . Demeter and Hutterer (1986) suggested that taitae was synonymous with Hylomyscus denniae , but it is not, judging from our study of specimens and holotypes.