Hybomys (Typomys) trivirgatus (Temminck 1853)
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Hybomys (Typomys) trivirgatus (Temminck 1853)
[Hybomys (Typomys)] trivirgatus (Temminck 1853) , Esquisses Zool. sur la Cote de Guine: 159.
Type Locality: Ghana (= Gold Coast), Dabocrom.
Vernacular Names: West African Hybomys.
Synonyms: Hybomys (Typomys) pearsei Ingoldby 1929 ; Hybomys (Typomys) pearcei Ingoldby 1929 .
Distribution: From Sierra Leone west to SW Nigeria west of the Niger River ( Carleton and Robbins, 1985:990).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Typomys . Part of the murine fauna endemic to West Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi ). Morphology, phylogenetic affinities, and geographic range reviewed by Carleton and Robbins (1985). Grubb et al. (1998) reviewed populations in Ghana and Sierra Leone. Neither Rosevear (1969) nor Carleton and Robbins (1985) uncovered evidence for subspecific differentiation of pearsei from SW Nigeria.
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