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:
Nilopegamys
Nilopegamys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Nilopegamys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Colomys Division. Described as a genus by Osgood (1928) and recognized as such by G. M. Allen (1939) and Ellerman (1941), but subsequently included in Colomys by Hayman (1966) and most checklists published after his report covering African rodents, including the revision of Colomys by Dieterlen (1983) in which plumbeus was maintained as a subspecies of C. goslingi, the allocation recommended by Hayman (1966). Kerbis Peterhans and Patterson (1995) reviewed the taxonomic history and resurrect...