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Lemniscomys bellieri Van der Straeten 1975

Description

Lemniscomys bellieri Van der Straeten, 1975. Rev. Zool. Afr., 89:906.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ivory Coast, Ayeremou (= Lamto).

DISTRIBUTION: Guinea and Doka woodland of Ivory Coast.

COMMENTS: Part of the murine fauna endemic to W Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi). A relative of L. macculus, according to Van der Straeten (1975), who also recorded chromosomal information.

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 601, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Scientific name authorship
Van der Straeten
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Lemniscomys
Species
bellieri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lemniscomys bellieri der, 1975 sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • Van der Straeten, E. 1975. Lemniscomys bellieri, a new species of Muridae from the Ivory Coast (Mammalia, Muridae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 89: 906 - 908.