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--> GENUS Lemniscomys
SPECIES Lemniscomys rosalia
| Author: | Thomas, 1904. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 13: 414. | | Common Name: | Single-Striped Lemniscomys | | Type Locality: | Tanzania, Nguru Mtns, Monda. | | Distribution: | N Namibia, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and North West provinces; de Graaff, 1997d; Taylor, 1998), E Swaziland, Zimbabwe, C and N Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, and S Kenya; range inadequately resolved. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Once included in L. griselda (G. M. Allen, 1939), but now considered a distinct species most closely related to L. griselda and L. roseveari (Van der Straeten, 1980b); see account of L. griselda. Karyotype (2n = 54, FN = 64) for samples from NE Tanzania reported by Fadda et al. (2001b). Populations in Southern African Subregion reviewed by de Graaff (1997d). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
calidior (Thomas and Wroughton, 1908)
dorsalis (Smith, 1845)
fitzsimonsi Roberts, 1915
maculosus (Osgood, 1910)
mearnsi Heller, 1914
phaeotis (Thomas, 1910)
sabiensis Roberts, 1946
sabulatus Thomas, 1927
spinalis Thomas, 1916
zuluensis Roberts, 1931
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