Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Steatomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Steatomys
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:
Steatomys
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:
Steatomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Rosevear, D. R.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1969-01-01 / 1969-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of West Africa
Page(s):
604
Publisher:
Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)
Publication Place:
London, England
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Steatomys
Steatomys: Geographic Information
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Steatomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: At least 18 species were recognized (G. M. Allen, 1939; Ellerman, 1941) until Coetzee (1977a) provisionally acknowledged only three. Based upon study of relevant literature and museum specimens, we identify eight, but relationship between the three West African forms and the five outside that region has yet to be resolved and the widely distributed S. pratensis and S. parvus need systematic revision. Rosevear (1969) provided an excellent exposition of the West African species, and Swanepoel...