Leimacomys buettneri Matschie, 1893:109
Groove-toothed forest mouse, Yefuli
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Leimacomys buttneri Matschie, 1893:109 (orthographic error); Leimacomys büttneri Matschie, 1893:109
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1890
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Only known from two specimens collected in 1890 (van der Straeten & Schlitter, 2008). Two surveys during the 1960's didn't uncover the species (Lidicker, 1989:35). Likewise, two surveys, one in 1994 and the other in 1999 or 2000, failed to rediscover this species (Decher et. al. 2000). It's historical distribution may have included Ghana as the type locality is close to the Togolese/Ghanaian border (van der Straeten & Schlitter, 2008).
Distribution
Bismarckburg, Togo (central)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from two specimens collected in 1890 (van der Straeten & Schlitter, 2008).
Type locality: Bismarckburg, central Togo
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Matschie, P. (1893). Ueber anscheinend neue Afrikanische säugethiere (Leimacomys g.n.). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 107-109.
Other references:
Decher J., Kilpatrick C. W., Bahian K. L. (2000). Small Mammal Zoogeography and Diversity in West African Forest Remnants. Progress Report to the National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration (Grant 6583–99).
Denys, C. (1993). Réexamen de la dentition de Leimacomys buettneri (Mammalia, Rodentia). Hypothèses sur sa position systématique. [i]Mammalia[/i] [b]57(4)[/b]: 613-618.
Dieterlen, F. 1976. Bemerkungen über Leimacomys buettneri Matschie, 1893 (Dendromurinae, Cricetidae, Rodentia). Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 24: 224-228.
Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E. (2013). Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica 145: 1-130. [0.050-0.060 kg estimate]
Grubb, P., T. S. Jones, A. G. Davies, E. Edberg, E. D. Starin, and J. E. Hill. 1998. Mammals of Ghana,
Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 pp.
Lidicker, William Z. Jr. (ed.). (1989). Rodents: A World Survey of Species of Conservation Concern. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) No. 4. iv + 60 pp.
Misonne, X. (1966). The systematic position of Mystromys longicaudatus Noack, and of Leimacomys buettneri Matschie. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent., Sci. Zool., 144:41-45.
Rosevear, D. R. 1969. The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History),
London 677: 1-604.
van der Straeten, E. & Schlitter, D. (2008). Leimacomys buettneri. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 20 April 2011.
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