Praomyini

Praomyini is a tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. Species in this tribe are found mostly throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, but one species (Mastomys erythroleucus) is found in North Africa, and another (Ochromyscus yemeni) is found in the Arabian Peninsula.

Recent species
Species in the tribe include:


 * Genus Chingawaemys
 * Chingawa forest rat, Chingawaemys rarus
 * Genus Colomys
 * African wading rat, Colomys goslingi
 * Genus Congomys
 * Lukolela swamp rat, Congomys lukolelae
 * Verschuren's swamp rat, Congomys verschureni
 * Genus Heimyscus
 * African smoky mouse, Heimyscus fumosus
 * Genus Hylomyscus - African wood mice
 * H. aeta group
 * Beaded wood mouse, Hylomyscus aeta
 * Hylomyscus grandis
 * H. alleni group
 * Allen's wood mouse, Hylomyscus alleni
 * Angolan wood mouse, Hylomyscus carillus
 * Stella wood mouse, Hylomyscus stella
 * Walter Verheyen's mouse, Hylomyscus walterverheyeni
 * H. anselli group
 * Ansell's wood mouse, Hylomyscus anselli
 * Arc Mountain wood mouse, Hylomyscus arcimontensis
 * H. baeri group
 * Baer's wood mouse, Hylomyscus baeri
 * H. denniae group
 * Montane wood mouse, Hylomyscus denniae
 * Small-footed forest mouse, Hylomyscus endorobae
 * Hylomyscus vulcanorum
 * H. parvus group
 * Little wood mouse, Hylomyscus parvus
 * Genus Mastomys - multimammate rats
 * Angolan multimammate mouse, Mastomys angolensis
 * Awash multimammate mouse, Mastomys awashensis
 * Southern multimammate mouse, Mastomys coucha
 * Guinea multimammate mouse, Mastomys erythroleucus
 * Hubert's multimammate mouse, Mastomys huberti
 * Verheyen's multimammate mouse, Mastomys kollmannspergeri
 * Natal multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis
 * Shortridge's multimammate mouse, Mastomys shortridgei
 * Genus Montemys
 * Delectable soft-furred mouse, Montemys delectorum
 * Genus Myomyscus
 * Verreaux's mouse, Myomyscus verreauxii
 * Genus Nilopegamys
 * Ethiopian amphibious rat, Nilopegamys plumbeus (possibly extinct)
 * Genus Ochromyscus - rock mice
 * Brockman's rock mouse or Brockman's white-footed rat, Ochromyscus brockmani
 * Yemeni mouse, Ochromyscus yemeni
 * Genus Praomys - African soft-furred rats
 * Praomys coetzeei
 * Dalton's mouse, Praomys daltoni
 * De Graaff's soft-furred mouse, Praomys degraaffi
 * Deroo's mouse, Praomys derooi
 * Hartwig's soft-furred mouse, Praomys hartwigi
 * Jackson's soft-furred mouse, Praomys jacksoni
 * Least soft-furred mouse, Praomys minor
 * Misonne's soft-furred mouse, Praomys misonnei
 * Cameroon soft-furred mouse, Praomys morio
 * Muton's soft-furred mouse, Praomys mutoni
 * Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse, Praomys obscurus
 * Peter's soft-furred mouse, Praomys petteri
 * Forest soft-furred mouse, Praomys rostratus
 * Tullberg's soft-furred mouse, Praomys tullbergi
 * Genus Serengetimys
 * Dwarf multimammate mouse, Serengetimys pernanus
 * Genus Stenocephalemys - Ethiopian narrow-headed rats
 * Ethiopian white-footed mouse, Stenocephalemys albipes
 * Ethiopian narrow-headed rat, Stenocephalemys albocaudata
 * Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat, Stenocephalemys griseicauda
 * Rupp's mouse, Stenocephalemys ruppi
 * Genus Zelotomys - stink mice
 * Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse, Zelotomys hildegardeae
 * Woosnam's broad-headed mouse, Zelotomys woosnami