Lemniscomys striatus
Creators
- 1. Mammal Section, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn (Germany) and Department of Biology, University of Vermont. Burlington, Vermont 05405 (USA) j. decher @ leibniz-zfmk. de
- 2. Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University at Lima, Lima, OH 45804 (USA) ryanwnorris @ gmail. com
- 3. Golden Veroleum (Liberia) Inc., Monrovia Office: Unit 102, Wazni Building, 13 th Street and Tubman Boulevard, Sinkor, Monrovia (Liberia)
- 4. Wildlife Division, Forestry Commission, P. O. Box M 239, Accra (Ghana)
- 5. Mammal Section, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn (Germany)
- 6. Philosophenweg 12, 77654 Offenburg (Germany)
- 7. Department of Biogeography, University of Trier, Universitätsring 15, D- 54296 Trier (Germany)
- 8. Department of Biology, University of Vermont. Burlington, Vermont 05405 (USA) wkilpatr @ uvm. edu
Description
Lemniscomys striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mus striatus Linnaeus, 1758: 62.
COMMON NAME. — Striated Grass-Mouse; Ewe: Gbaxlé.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary • 1 ♂; USNM 590104; 22.XI.1999 • 1♂; USNM 590075; 13.VIII.2001. Shiare • 1♀; SMF 91436 with 7 embryos; 22.VIII.2001; by hunter. Apesokubi (Site 1) • 1♀; ZTNHC 963; 26.XI.1999 • 1♀; SMF 91376; 28.VIII.2001.
REMARK
A grassland and farmbush species that also occurs along roads in the forest. There are 43 additional Lemniscomys striatus from the Volta Region at the USNM, collected by the African Mammal Project at Leklebi Agbesia and Odomi Jongo (2 miles E Nkwanta). Hurst et al. (1995) also caught four individuals in riparian forest and tree savanna at KRNP. Although not genetically tested our Lemniscomys striatus east of the Volta River should belong to what Nicolas et al. (2008) called Clade III.
CONSERVATION STATUS. — Lemniscomys striatus is listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SMF , USNM
- Event date
- 1999-11-22 , 2001-08-13 , 2001-08-22 , 2001-08-28
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Lemniscomys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- USNM 590075 , USNM 590104 , ZTNHC 963
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- striatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1999-11-22 , 2001-08-13 , 2001-08-22 , 2001-08-28
- Taxonomic concept label
- Lemniscomys striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Decher, Norris, Abedi-Lartey, Oppong, Hutterer, Weinbrenner, Koch, Podsiadlowski & Kilpatrick, 2021
References
- LINNAEUS C. 1758. - Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentjis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. L. Salvii, Holmiae, 500 p. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 2896589
- VAN DER STRAETEN E. & DIETERLEN F. 1987. - Praomys misonnei, a new species of Muridae from Eastern Zaire (Mammalia). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 402: 1 - 11. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 33622925
- NICOLAS V., OLAYEMI A., WENDELEN W. & COLYN M. 2010 b. - Mitochondrial DNA and morphometrical identification of a new species of Hylomyscus (Rodentia: Muridae) from West Africa. Zootaxa 2579: 30 - 44.
- HURST J., BOWES LYON D. & KEEFE E. O' 1995. - Kyabobo' 94: a joint Ghanaian and Oxford University Expedition. Final Report. KCP Publications, Ghana Wildlife Department, Institute for Renewable Natural Resources, 69 p.
- NICOLAS V., MBOUMBA J. - F., VERHEYEN E., DENYS C., LECOMPTE E., OLAYEMI A., MISSOUP A. D., KATUALA P. & COLYN M. 2008. - Phylogeographic structure and regional history of Lemniscomys striatus (Rodentia: Muridae) in tropical Africa. Journal of Biogeography 35: 2074 - 2089. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2699.2008.01950. x