Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Deomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Deomys
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:
Deomys
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:
Deomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Rosevear, D. R.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1969-01-01 / 1969-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of West Africa
Page(s):
604
Publisher:
Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)
Publication Place:
London, England
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Deomys
Deomys: Geographic Information
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Deomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Described by Thomas (1888c:132) as a unique member of a 'special section' within Muridae (Deomyes) with molar traits intermediate between cricetines and murines. A year later, Lydekker (1889) referred Deomys to the Deomyinae; subsequently, Thomas (1896) placed Deomys in the Dendromurinae, and with the exception of Ellerman, (1941), there it remained until the 1990s (see historical discussions in Rosevear, 1969, and Carleton and Musser, 1984). The morphological traits of Deomys do not fit we...