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--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Oenomys
SPECIES Oenomys hypoxanthus
| Author: | Pucheran, 1855. | | Citation: | Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 7: 206. | | Common Name: | Common Oenomys | | Type Locality: | Gabon. | | Distribution: | Tropical forest block from S Nigeria south to W and NE Angola (Crawford-Cabral, 1998), and east across Dem. Rep. Congo (incl. islands of Zaire River between Kisangani and Kinshasa; Colyn and Dudu, 1986) to Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda; also isolated forest patches in S Sudan, SW Ethiopia (Yalden et al., 1996), Kenya and W Tanzania (see section of map east of Ghana in Dieterlen and Rupp, 1976). | | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Another African species showing appreciable geographic variation in fur color and body size (Dieterlen and Rupp, 1976; Rosevear, 1969; Thomas, 1915). Chromosomal data reported by Matthey (1963, 1967a) and Maddalena et al. (1989). Palatal ridges of sample from Mount Oku described and contrasted with Lamottemys okuensis (Fülling, 1992). Altitudinal distribution on Ugandan slopes of Ruwenzori Mtns reviewed by Kerbis Peterhans et al. (1998). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
albiventris Eisentraut, 1968
anchietae (Bocage, 1890)
bacchante (Thomas, 1903)
editus Thomas and Wroughton, 1910
marungensis (Noack, 1887)
moerens Thomas, 1911
oris Thomas, 1911
rufinus (Matschie, 1895)
talangae Setzer, 1956
unyori (Thomas, 1903)
vallicola Heller, 1914
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