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:
Otomys barbouri
Otomys barbouri: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Otomys barbouri: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Lawrence and Loveridge (1953) emphasized the contrasts between their new species and O. (Anchotomys) anchietae, but Misonne (1974) reassigned it as a synonym of the latter, an opinion erroneously followed by others (Honacki et al., 1982; Corbet and Hill, 1991; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Trenchant differences from O. anchietae explicated by Dieterlen and Van der Straeten (1992), who reinstated barbouri as species and suggested its closer relationship to O. occidentalis and O. lacustris; mor...