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--> GENUS Pelomys
SPECIES Pelomys minor
Author: | Cabrera and Ruxton, 1926. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 17: 601. | Common Name: | Least Pelomys | Type Locality: | Dem. Rep. Congo, Kasaï-Occidental, Kananga (= Luluabourg). | Distribution: | NE Angola (Crawford-Cabral, 1998), NW Zambia (Ansell, 1978), S and E Dem. Rep. Congo, and W Tanzania (Swynnerton and Hayman, 1951). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | A distinct species; aspects of its morphology resemble some species of Lemniscomys (e.g., L. griselda). |
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