Malacomys verschureni Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977

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 : 608

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scientific name	Malacomys verschureni Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977
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Malacomys verschureni Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977 View in CoL . Rev. Zool. Afr., 91:739.

TYPE LOCALITY: Zaire, Mamiki .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from NE Zaire (eastern edge of Central African high forest block).

COMMENTS: Original description was based on one specimen ( Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977), and the species is still represented by very few examples ( Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1984; Robbins and Van der Straeten, 1982). Chromosomal information reported by Robbins and Van der Straeten (1982).