Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Lophiomyinae
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Lophiomyinae
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:
Lophiomyinae
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:
Lophiomyinae
Lophiomyinae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Lophiomyinae: Comments
Comment:
Comments: See Carleton and Musser (1984) for diagnosis, general characterisitics, habits, and habitat. The unique morphological adaptations of Lophiomys have always been recognized at either the family or subfamily level. Past estimates of phylogenetic relationships, or rather uncertainty, were expressed by arranging Lophiomys in its own family (Alston, 1876; Ellerman, 1941; Gill, 1872; Reig, 1981; Tullberg, 1899) or in a subfamily of either Muridae (Carleton and Musser, 1984; Musser and Carleton, 19...