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An obligate forest species in the Upper
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Hurst
<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF96FFBDFF004CB6FF0EFA78" box="[202,254,1459,1485]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="264">et al.</emphasis>
(1995)
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reported 5 captures of
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from moist semi-deciduous and secondary forest in KRNP which appears to be the only previous record of this species from the Ghana-Togo Highlands. We were not able to verify this species again at KRNP.
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CONSERVATION STATUS. —
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is currently listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List, but - already limited to the densest and best preserved forest in the
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- it would be one of the first rodent species to disappear with continued deforestation.
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