Praomys degraaffi Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans 1999

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 : 1445

Praomys degraaffi Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans 1999

Praomys degraaffi Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans 1999 , S. Afr. J. Zool., 34: 81.

Type Locality: Burundi, Nyamugari, 2200 m.

Vernacular Names: De Graaff's Praomys.

Distribution: Recorded only from moist montane forest covering the Albertine Rift Mtns in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda ( Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans, 1999, who also indicated the species to be "restricted" to high forested elevations in the Albertine Rift).

Conservation: IUCN – Near Threatened.

Discussion: A distinct and one of the more easily identified species in the P. jacksoni complex; distinguished from P. jacksoni by a suite of chromosomal traits (2n = 26, FN = 24), fur coloration, morphometric data, and number of teats. Where the altitudinal ranges of P. degraaffi and P. jacksoni narrowly overlap, the former is usually found at higher elevations.