Lophuromys sikapusi (Temminck, 1853)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2014n3a6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6502AA63-E05D-FFBD-19B5-FB40FB9B4CCC |
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Felipe |
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Lophuromys sikapusi (Temminck, 1853) |
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Lophuromys sikapusi (Temminck, 1853) View in CoL
Mus sikapusi Temminck, 1853: 160 .
Lasiomys afer Peters, 1866: 409 View in CoL .
Lophuromys afer View in CoL – Peters 1874: 234.
Lophuromys sikapusi – Allen 1939: 395.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Ghana, Dabracom.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZFMK: 91.223.
Morphological characters
This specimen was caught by Fülling at 2050 m asl. Its external measurements ( Table 6) fit within the range of other L. sikapusi of the CVL ( Denys et al. 2009). The skull is broken and its posterior part is missing.
Subfamily GERBILLINAE Gray, 1825
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Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig |
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Lophuromys sikapusi (Temminck, 1853)
| Denys, Christiane, Missoup, Alain Didier, Nicolas, Violaine, Fülling, Olaf, Delapré, Arnaud, Bilong, Charles Felix Bilong, Taylor, Peter John J. & Hutterer, Rainer 2014 |
Lophuromys afer
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Lasiomys afer
| Peters 1866: 409 |
Mus sikapusi
| Temminck 1853: 160 |