Dephomys defua
(G. S. Miller, 1900)
Common Defua 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 | : Dephomys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Miller, G.S., Jr. 1900-12-28. A collection of small mammals from Mount Coffee, Liberia. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:631-649.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872711Original name as described
Mus defua
Other common names
Defua Dephomys · Defua Rat
Type material
USNM:MAMM:83837
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e8fdc8a5-caf9-47b3-8d92-7b3c332a5ef5Type locality
Mt Coffee, Liberia.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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