Lemniscomys macculus (Thomas and Wroughton, 1910)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 602

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scientific name	Lemniscomys macculus (Thomas and Wroughton, 1910)
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Lemniscomys macculus (Thomas and Wroughton, 1910) View in CoL . Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 19:515.

TYPE LOCALITY: Uganda, SE Ruwenzori, Mokia .

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded from Savannahs of NE Zaire, S Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya; limits unknown.

SYNONYMS: akka.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1979a). The species is often confused with L. striatus , but occurs sympatric with it ( Hollister, 1919).

References

Hollister, N. 1919. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part II. Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 99 (2): 1 - 184.

Van der Straeten, E., and W. N. Verheyen. 1979 a. Note sur la position systematique de Lemniscomys macculus (Thomas et Wroughton, 1910) (Mammalia, Muridae). Mammalia, 43: 377 - 389.