Atherurus africanus Gray 1842

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Hystricidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1542-1544 : 1542

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Atherurus africanus Gray 1842
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Atherurus africanus Gray 1842 View in CoL

Atherurus africanus Gray 1842 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 10: 261.

Type Locality: Sierra Leone.

Vernacular Names: African Brush-tailed Porcupine.

Synonyms: Atherurus armata Gervais 1854 ; Atherurus burrowsi Thomas 1902 ; Atherurus centralis Thomas 1895 ; Atherurus turneri St. Leger 1932 .

Distribution: Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Dem. Rep. Congo, Kenya, Uganda, S Sudan.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes centralis and turneri ; see Misonne (1974:8).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Hystricidae

Genus

Atherurus

Loc

Atherurus africanus Gray 1842

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

Atherurus africanus

Gray 1842: 261
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