Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
819-841
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Graphiurus angolensis
Graphiurus angolensis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Graphiurus angolensis: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Graphiurus. Following the arrangement of Ellerman et al. (1953), Holden (1993) provisionally assigned dasilvai and parvulus as synonyms of G. platyops. Ansell (1974, 1978) recognized that the NW Zambian population (identified by him as G. platyops parvulus) is morphologically and ecologically different from G. platyops. Based on my study of type specimens and large series of Angolan and Zambian specimens, the Angolan and NW Zambia populations exhibit a distinctive skull morphology ...