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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Grammomys
SPECIES Grammomys gigas
| Author: | Dollman, 1911. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 7: 527. | | Common Name: | Mount Kenya Grammomys | | Type Locality: | Kenya, Mt Kenya, Solai, 9000 ft (2743 m). | | Distribution: | Known only from the vicinity of Mt Kenya. | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Recorded only by the holotype. Recognized as a species in most lists (G. M. Allen, 1939; Ellerman, 1941). Hutterer and Dieterlen (1984) insisted the species has to be recognized because of its large teeth, an opinion we share derived from our study of the holotype; but the possibility that it is simply a large individual of G. ibeanus is a hypothesis worth testing. |
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