Muton's soft-furred mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Muton's soft-furred mouse

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Kennerley, R. |author2=Van der Straeten , E. |date=2016 |title=Praomys mutoni |volume=2016 |page=e.T18119A22417820 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T18119A22417820.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Praomys

| species = mutoni

| authority = Van der Straeten & Dudu, 1990

| synonyms =

}}

Muton's soft-furred mouse or riverine praomys (Praomys mutoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swampland and rivers.