Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Дата публикации (перечислена/фактическая):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Название статьи/главы:
Superfamily Muroidea
Название журнала/книги, номер тома:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Страницы:
894-1531
Издатель:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Место публикации:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Примечания:
Ссылка для:
Mylomys rex
Mylomys rex: Географическая информация
Географический отдел:
Africa
Юрисдикция/происхождение:
Mylomys rex: Комментарии
Комментарий:
Comments: The taxon rex, represented only by the holotype (a skin without skull), was described by Thomas (1906c) as a species of Arvicanthis, but later 'provisionally considered as a giant member of Desmomys' (Thomas, 1916a:68). Dieterlen (1974) challenged the validity of rex, but Yalden et al. (1976) pointed out the features distinguishing the holotype from samples of D. harringtoni, and treated rex as another distinctive species endemic to Ethiopia. Musser and Carleton (1993:630) wrote that 'Our s...