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, African highlands as mammal diversity hotspots: new records of Lamottemys okuensis Petter, 1986 (Rodentia: Muridae) and other endemic rodents from Mt Oku, Cameroon, Zoosystema 36 (3), pp. 647-690 : 672

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/z2014n3a6
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scientific name	Lophuromys sikapusi (Temminck, 1853)
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Treatment

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

References

DENYS C., MISSOUP A. D., TCHIENGUE B., ACHOUN- DONG G., EKOBO A., BILONG BILONG C. F., MAS- SOMA D. L. & NICOLAS V. 2009. - Altitudinal distribution and anthropogenic influence on small mammal assemblages on Mt Kupe, SW Cameroon. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage 56 (3): 159 - 173.

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Abbreviations

ZFMK	Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae
Genus	Lophuromys