Delectable soft-furred mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the delectable soft-furred mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Praomys delectorum
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the delectable soft-furred mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the delectable soft-furred mouse in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Tanzania

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the delectable soft-furred mouse endangered?

The delectable soft-furred mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the delectable soft-furred mouse?

The delectable soft-furred mouse (Praomys delectorum) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Praomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the delectable soft-furred mouse

The delectable soft-furred mouse or East African praomys (Montemys delectorum) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only member of the genus Montemys; it was formerly classified in the genus Praomys.

It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Delectable soft-furred mouse (revision 1371655482), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1763183 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).