Mylomys dybowskii
(de Pousargues, 1893)
Dybowski's Three-toed Grass 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 | : Mylomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Pousargues, E. de. 1893. Diagnose d'une espece nouvelle de rongeur du genre Golunda de la collection de M. J. Dybowski. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 18:163-166.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099309Original name as described
Golunda Dybowskii
Other common names
African Groove-toothed Rat · Common Groove-toothed Rat · Common Mylomys · Dybowski's Mylomys · Mill Rat
Type material
MNHN 1892-1591
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
Kemo River, French Congo (= Central African Republic).
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Guinea · Liberia? · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Cameroon · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Angola? · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi? · Tanzania · Malawi
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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