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Lemniscomys linulus Thomas 1910
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Lemniscomys linulus Thomas 1910
Lemniscomys linulus Thomas 1910, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 6: 429.
Type Locality: Senegal (= French Gambia), Gamon.
Vernacular Names: Senegal Lemniscomys.
Distribution: Sudan savanna and forest clearings in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire (Van der Straeten, 1980 a); may also occur in Gambia and Ghana (Grubb et al., 1998).
Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.
Discussion: Once treated as a subspecies of L. griselda (G. M. Allen, 1939), but now considered a separate West African species morphologically related to L. griselda (Van der Straeten, 1980 a). Member of murine assemblage endemic to West Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi).
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 1342, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A2267A57FF8A65DA07E1D2E970F9422A (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/FCF1AB457F3F28FFDD9467BAE64BBF85 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231539917 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomas
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Lemniscomys
- Species
- linulus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Lemniscomys linulus Thomas, 1910 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Van der Straeten, E. 1980 a. Etude biometrique de Lemniscomys linulus (Afrique Occidentale) (Mammalia, Muridae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 94: 185 - 201.
- Grubb, P., T. S. Jones, A. G. Davies, E. Edberg, E. D. Starin, and J. E. Hill. 1998. Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 pp.
- Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 83: 1 - 763.