Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Praomys verschureni Verheyen and Van der Straeten 1977 Praomys verschureni Verheyen and Van der Straeten 1977 , Rev. Zool. Afr., 91: 739 . Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo , Orientale , Mamiki. Vernacular Names: Verschuren's Praomys . Distribution: Known only from NE Dem. Rep. Congo (eastern edge of Central African high forest block). Conservation: IUCN – Near Threatened as Malacomys verschureni . Discussion: Described as a species of Malacomys and all published information referenced under that taxonomic combination. Original description was based on one specimen ( Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977 ), and the species is still represented by very few examples ( Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1984 ; Robbins and Van der Straeten, 1982 ). Chromosomal information reported by Robbins and Van der Straeten (1982) . Analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences placed P. verschureni near Myomyscus yemeni and not species of Praomys ( Lecompte et al., 2002 b ) , but nuclear IRBP gene sequences alligned it with species of Praomys (E. Lecompte, in litt., 2002). See account of P. lukolelae .