Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse
| Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Praomys |
| Species: | P. obscurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Praomys obscurus Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1992 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Praomys hartwigi obscurus Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1992 | |
The Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse (Praomys obscurus) or Gotel Mountain praomys, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. 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.