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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Dephomys
SPECIES Dephomys defua
Author: | Miller, 1900. | Citation: | Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 2: 635. | Common Name: | Defua Dephomys | Type Locality: | Liberia, Mt Coffee. | Distribution: | Specimens are from Sierra Leone, Guinea (Mt Nimbo), Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana (derived from references cited below and specimens we examined). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Part of the murine fauna endemic to West Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi). Taxonomy, morphology, range, and habits reviewed by Rosevear (1969) and Van der Straeten (1984). Grubb et al. (1998) reviewed populations in Ghana and Sierra Leone. |
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