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:
Mastomys kollmannspergeri
Mastomys kollmannspergeri: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mastomys kollmannspergeri: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt) as M. verheyeni
Comment:
Comments: Originally described as a subspecies of M. natalensis (Petter, 1957) from N Niger, chromosomal data documented by Dobigny et al. (2002b) from samples near the type locality of kollmannspergeri exhibit the same configuration as the chromosomal species that Volobouev et al. (2001) identified as MER-2 (2n = 38, FNa = 40-41) from Chad (Denys et al., 2002) and S Sudan, and Dobigny et al. (2002b) provisionally referred their specimens to M. kollmannspergeri. Robbins and Van der Straeten (1989) na...