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Grammomys gigas
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Grammomys gigas (Dollman 1911)
[Grammomys] gigas (Dollman 1911), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 7: 527.
Type Locality: Kenya, Mt Kenya, Solai, 9000 ft (2743 m).
Vernacular Names: Mount Kenya Grammomys.
Distribution: Known only from the vicinity of Mt Kenya.
Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.
Discussion: Recorded only by the holotype. Recognized as a species in most lists (G. M. Allen, 1939; Ellerman, 1941). Hutterer and Dieterlen (1984) insisted the species has to be recognized because of its large teeth, an opinion we share derived from our study of the holotype; but the possibility that it is simply a large individual of G. ibeanus is a hypothesis worth testing.
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1325, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A2267A57FF8A65DA07E1D2E970F9422A (URL)
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- https://www.gbif.org/species/231539644 (URL)
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References
- Dollman, G. 1911. On Arvicanthis abyssinicus and allied East-African species, with descriptions of four new forms. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 8: 334 - 353.
- Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 83: 1 - 763.
- Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp.
- Hutterer, R., and F. Dieterlen. 1984. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Grammomys aus Athiopien und Kenia (Mammalia: Muridae). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, ser. A (Biologie), 347: 1 - 18.