Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
930
955
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Delanymys brooksi
Hayman 1962
Delanymys brooksi
Hayman 1962
,
Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 65: 2-Jan
.
Type Locality:
SW
Uganda
, Kigezi, near Kanaba, Echuya (or Muchuya) Swamp,
7500 ft
(
2286 m
) (
Hayman, 1962
a
)
.
Vernacular Names:
Delany's Swamp Mouse
.
Distribution:
Sedge swamps in bamboo and montane forest in SW
Uganda
, Dem. Rep.
Congo
(
Kivu
),
Rwanda
(Volcanos and Nyungwe forest), and
Burundi
(Kibira National Park; Peterhans Kerbis, in litt., 1992).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Available information on morphology, distribution, and ecology covered in
Hayman (1962
a
,
b
, 1963
a
), W.
Verheyen (1965
b
)
,
Dieterlen (1969
b
)
,
Delany (1975)
, and
Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1983)
.