Grammomys dryas (Thomas 1907)

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 : 1325

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scientific name

Grammomys dryas (Thomas 1907)
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Grammomys dryas (Thomas 1907) View in CoL

[Pogonomys] dryas Thomas 1907 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 19: 123.

Type Locality: " Kenya Colony" ( Uganda), Ruwenzori East, 6000-7000 ft (1830-2130 m).

Vernacular Names: Albertine Rift Grammomys.

Distribution: A montane Western Rift endemic: Ruwenzoris and Kivu region in Uganda and Dem. Rep. Congo ( AMNH and BMNH specimens), NW Burundi (specimens in FMNH).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Originally described as a species of Thamnomys by Thomas (1907 a) and listed that way by G. M. 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 (1907 a) noted the diagnostic mammary count in G. dryas , which, in combination with cranial traits, set it apart from other described forms (our study of specimens). See Kerbis Peterhans et al. (1998) for review of altitudinal distribution of G. dryas in context of the entire Ruwenzori small mammal fauna.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Grammomys

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Grammomys dryas (Thomas 1907)

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

[Pogonomys] dryas

Thomas 1907: 123
1907
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