Typomys planifrons

(G. S. Miller, 1900)

Liberian Forest Striped Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Arvicanthini
Genus : Typomys

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.

Original name as described

Arvicanthis planifrons

Other common names

Liberian Forest Hybomys · Miller's Hybomys · Miller's Striped Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:83814

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mount Coffee, Liberia, Africa."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire

Taxonomy notes

transferred from Hybomys to Typomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Missoup, A. D., Yemchui, G. D., Denys, C., & Nicolas, V. (2018). Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate paraphyly of the genus Hybomys (Rodentia: Muridae): Taxonomic implications. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 56(3), 444-452.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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