Mus baoulei (Vermeiren and Verheyen, 1980)

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 : 622

Mus baoulei (Vermeiren and Verheyen, 1980) . Rev. Zool. Afr., 94:573.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ivory Coast, Lamto .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Ivory Coast and E Guinea.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Nannomys . A species occurring sympatrically with M. musculoides and M. setulosus , and whose morphology is closely similar to those in the M. sorella group ( Vermeiren and Verheyen, 1980). The diagnostic traits reported for M. baoulei by Vermeiren and Verheyen (1980) are those that set M. sorella apart from other species of Mus (Verheyen, 1965«). Judged by their description, baoulei is distinguished from M. sorella by smaller size, a contrast that also exists between M. sorella and M. neavei (see that account). The relationship of baoulei to other members of the M. sorella group requires fresh assessment.