Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Acomys russatus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Acomys russatus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Acomys russatus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Acomys russatus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Osborn, Dale J., and Ibrahim Helmy
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1980-08-15 / 1980-08-15
Article/Chapter Title:
The Contemporary Land Mammals of Egypt (Including Sinai)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fieldiana Zoology, n.s., no. 5
Page(s):
1-579
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0015-0754
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747210
Reference for:
Acomys russatus
Acomys russatus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Acomys russatus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Acomys. Qumsiyeh et al. (1986) retained lewisi as a species because fur color and bacular morphology of lewisi are distinctive compared with A. russatus (Atallah, 1967), even though the karyotype of lewisi from Jordan is indistinguishable from A. russatus. However, based on morphological evidence, lewisi was included in A. russatus by other systematists (Corbet, 1978c; Harrison and Bates, 1991; Osborn and Helmy, 1980), an allocation also supported by genetic data (Janecek et al., 1...