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Grammomys dryas
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Grammomys dryas (Thomas, 1907). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 19:123.
TYPE LOCALITY: " Kenya Colony" (Uganda), Ruwenzori East, 6-7000 ft.
DISTRIBUTION: A montane Western Rift endemic: Ruwenzoris and Kivu region in Uganda and Zaire, NW Burundi (specimens in the Field Museum of Natural History).
COMMENTS: Originally described as a species of Thamnomys by Thomas (1907a) and listed that way by Allen (1939). Ellerman (1941), however, treated it as valid species of Grammomys, which, in the absence of a critical systematic revision of the genus, best expresses current knowledge. Thomas (1907a) noted the diagnostic mammary count in dryas, which, in combination with cranial traits, set it apart from other described forms.
Notes
Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 593, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3 (URL)
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References
- Thomas, O. 1907 a. On further new mammals obtained by the Ruwenzori Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 19: 118 - 123.
- 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.