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:
Dasymys alleni
Dasymys alleni: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Dasymys alleni: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Member of the D. incomtus species complex (W. Verheyen et al., 2003). Originally described as a very distinctive subspecies of D. incomtus (Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953) and usually treated that way (e.g., Musser and Carleton, 1993), but recently reinstated as a separate species based on multivariate analyses of craniometric data in combination with mtDNA cytochrome b sequences (W. Verheyen et al., 2003)