Dasymys longipilosus
Eisentraut, 1963
Mount Cameroon Shaggy Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Arvicanthini |
| Genus | : Dasymys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Eisentraut, M. 1963. Die Wirbeltiere des Kamerungebirges. Paul Parey, Hamburg, 353 pp.
Authority publication link
https://archive.org/details/diewirbeltierede0000eise/page/132/mode/2upOriginal name as described
Dasymys incomtus longipilosus
Other common names
Long-haired Dasymys · Long-haired Shaggy Rat · Mount Cameroon Dasymys
Type material
SMNS 5332
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Musaka Hut, southern slope of Mount Cameroon, 2200 m, Cameroon.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Cameroon
Taxonomy notes
split from D. incomtus
Taxonomy notes citation
Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Denys, C., & Cotterill, F. P. (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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