Grammomys gigas (Dollman, 1911:527)
Giant thicket rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Thamnomys gigas Dollman, 1911:527 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 28 December 1910
IUCN Redstatus: Endangered
Distribution
Mount Kenya, Kenya
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Dollman mentions a second specimen in addition to the holotype which he referred to this species (Dollman, 1911:528).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Dollman, Guy. (1911). List of Mammals from British East Africa, obtained by Mr. Robin Kemp and presented to the British Museum by Mr. C. D. Rudd, with additional Notes on Specimens collected and presented by Mr. A. Blaney Percival. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 7: 518-529.
Other references:
Agwanda, B. and Boitani, L. (2008). Grammomys gigas. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 15 February 2014.
Allen, G. M. (1939). A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 83: 1-763.
Ellerman, J. R. (1941). The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British
Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp.
Hutterer, R. and Dieterlen, F. (1984). Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Grammomys aus Äthiopien und Kenia (Mammalia: Muridae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, ser. A (Biologie) 347: 1-18.
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