Steatomys jacksoni Hayman 1935
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11328785 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BBFF4D2C-B915-DA27-25A0-043A9D9A766C |
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Guido |
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Steatomys jacksoni Hayman 1935 |
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Steatomys jacksoni Hayman 1935 View in CoL
Steatomys jacksoni Hayman 1935 View in CoL , 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.
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