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:
Praomys obscurus
Praomys obscurus: Географическая информация
Географический отдел:
Africa
Юрисдикция/происхождение:
Praomys obscurus: Комментарии
Комментарий:
Status: IUCN - Endangered
Комментарий:
Comments: Hutterer et al. (1992a) described obscurus as a subspecies of P. hartwigi. Those authors were also impressed with the morphological distinctions between typical P. hartwigi from Mt. Oku and obscurus from the Gotel Mtns and were unsure whether to treat the latter as a subspecies of P. hartwigi (Dieterlen's opinion) or a separate species (Hutterer's view). We treat obscurus as a separate species because contrasted with P. hartwigi it has much darker pelage, larger body measurements, but signi...