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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Malacomys
SPECIES Malacomys cansdalei
| Author: | Ansell, 1958. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 13, 1: 342. | | Common Name: | Cansdale’s Malacomys | | Type Locality: | Ghana, Oda. | | Distribution: | Forest zone of S Ghana, S Côte d’Ivoire, and E Liberia. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Part of the murine fauna endemic to West Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi). Rautenbach and Schlitter (1978) considered cansdalei a subspecies of M. longipes, but Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1979b) demonstrated its specific distinction. Grubb et al. (1998) reviewed the Ghana population. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
giganteus Bellier and Gautun, 1968
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