Order Rodentia - Family Myoxidae
Author
Mary Ellen Holden
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
763
770
book chapter
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Graphiurus lorraineus
Dollman, 1910
.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 5:285
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Zaire
, Welle (Uele) River, Molegbwe, south of Setema Rapids
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Sierra Leone
,
Liberia
(
Kuhn, 1965
),
Ivory Coast
(
Aellen, 1965
; Mt Nimba Reserve see
Heim de Balsac and Lamotte, 1958
),
Ghana
,
Togo
,
Benin
,
Nigeria
(
Happold, 1987
),
Cameroon
(Robbins and Schütter, 1981; Schütter et al., 1985),
Gabon
, N
Angola
(
Hayman, 1963b
),
Zaire
(
Hatt, 1940a
;
Petter, 1967a
;
Verheyen and Verschuren, 1966
),
Uganda
, SW
Tanzania
(
Swynnerton and Hayman, 1951
); perhaps
Gambia
. In W Africa see
Rosevear (1969)
.
SYNONYMS:
collaris, haedulus,
spurrelli
.
COMMENTS: Discussion of Gambian specimens and possible synonymy with G.
coupeii
incertae sedis
given in Schütter et al. (1985).