I don't deal with these so I went looking up other photos of them out of curiosity, & came across this info...maybe this is why yours don't look the same?
(and notice that some are "rats" while others are labeled "mouse")
Praomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa. It contains the following species:
- Praomys coetzeei
- Dalton's mouse, Praomys daltoni
- De Graaff's soft-furred mouse, Praomys degraaffi
- Delectable soft-furred mouse, Praomys delectorum
- Deroo's mouse, Praomys derooi
- Hartwig's soft-furred mouse, Praomys hartwigi
- Jackson's soft-furred mouse, Praomys jacksoni
- Lukolela swamp rat, Praomys lukolelae
- 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
- Petter's soft-furred mouse, Praomys petteri
- Forest soft-furred mouse, Praomys rostratus
- Tullberg's soft-furred mouse, Praomys tullbergi
- Verschuren's swamp rat, Praomys verschureni
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