Malacomys cansdalei Ansell 1958

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 : 1355

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Malacomys cansdalei Ansell 1958 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 13, 1: 342.

Type Locality: Ghana, Oda.

Vernacular Names: Cansdale's Malacomys.

Synonyms: Malacomys giganteus Bellier and Gautun 1968 .

Distribution: Forest zone of S Ghana, S Côte d’Ivoire, and E Liberia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Part of the murine fauna endemic to West Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi ). Rautenbach and Schlitter (1978) considered cansdalei a subspecies of M. longipes , but Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1979 b) demonstrated its specific distinction. Grubb et al. (1998) reviewed the Ghana population.