Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Lophuromys luteogaster
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Lophuromys luteogaster
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:
Lophuromys luteogaster
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:
Lophuromys luteogaster
Lophuromys luteogaster: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Lophuromys luteogaster: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Kivumys. W. Verheyen et al. (1996:250) referred to a 'L.woosnami-luteogaster species-complex.' Redescribed by W. Verheyen (1964c), who noted that skull of holotype is an L. aquilus (discussed as flavopunctatus) but the skin does represent the species named by Hatt, and both skin and skull of the paratype are luteogaster; earlier, Osgood (1936:244) had identified the holotype as being a mismatch: 'Although the skin is unique among Lophuromys, the skull is perfectly normal for a memb...