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Graphiurus platyops Thomas 1897

Description

Graphiurus platyops Thomas, 1897. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 19:388.

TYPE LOCALITY: S. Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Enkeldorn.

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa; Namibia; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; Zambia; Malawi; Angola; S. Zaire.

COMMENT: Includes rupicola; see Misonne, 1974, Part 6:36, who also included angolensis in this species, but Genest-Villard, 1978, Mammalia, 42:404, transferred angolensis to murinus.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410012007013001 as G. platyops.

5301410012007014001 as G. rupicola.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 561, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039

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Biodiversity

Family
Gliridae
Genus
Graphiurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Species
platyops
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Graphiurus platyops Thomas, 1897 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.
  • Genest-Villard, H. 1978. Revision systematique du genre Graphiurus (Rongeurs, Gliridae). Mammalia, 42 (4): 391 - 426.