Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Muridae > Praomys > Praomys lukolelae

Praomys lukolelae (African swamp rat)

Synonyms: Malacomys lukolelae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lukolela swamp rat (Praomys lukolelae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Democratic Republic of the Congo.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  37 grams
Birth Weight [1]  3 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  50 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  20 %
Forages - Scansorial [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  82 days
Male Maturity [1]  75 days
Gestation [1]  24 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [1]  5 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.724 inches (12 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Congolian swamp forests Democratic Republic of the Congo Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sankuru Nature Rerserve   Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo      

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0