Steatomys jacksoni Hayman 1935

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 930-955 : 944

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scientific name	Steatomys jacksoni Hayman 1935
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Steatomys jacksoni Hayman 1935 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1935: 930.

Type Locality: Ghana, Ashanti, Wenchi.

Vernacular Names: Jackson's African Fat Mouse.

Distribution: Spottily recorded from the type locality ( Grubb et al., 1998), possibly Togo ( Rosevear, 1969), and SW Nigeria ( Anadu, 1979); limits indeterminate.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Included in S. pratensis by Coetzee (1977 a), but provisionally retained as species by Rosevear (1969) and Swanepoel and Schlitter (1978) until significance of the diagnostic character (size and shape of interparietal) is assessed by additional specimens and other information. The relationship between S. jacksoni (females not yet collected) and the other large-bodied species, S. bocagei and S. opimus , needs to be examined.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Nesomyidae
Genus	Steatomys