Malacomys cansdalei Ansell 1958

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1355

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Malacomys cansdalei Ansell 1958
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Malacomys cansdalei Ansell 1958 View in CoL

Malacomys cansdalei Ansell 1958 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 13, 1: 342.

Type Locality: Ghana, Oda.

Vernacular Names: Cansdale's Malacomys.

Synonyms: Malacomys giganteus Bellier and Gautun 1968 .

Distribution: Forest zone of S Ghana, S Côte d’Ivoire, and E Liberia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Part of the murine fauna endemic to West Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi ). Rautenbach and Schlitter (1978) considered cansdalei a subspecies of M. longipes , but Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1979 b) demonstrated its specific distinction. Grubb et al. (1998) reviewed the Ghana population.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Malacomys

Loc

Malacomys cansdalei Ansell 1958

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Malacomys cansdalei

Ansell 1958: 342
1958
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