Bunting's Grammomys
Grammomys buntingi (Thomas, 1911)
Also calledBunting-Akazienmaus (deu) · Grammomys de Bunting (fra)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8 vol.7 p.381
Bunting's thicket rat (Grammomys buntingi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Except for Misonne (1974), who included it in G. dolichurus, buntingi has always been listed or discussed as a species of Grammomys (G. M. Allen, 1939; Ellerman, 1941; Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1984; F. Petter and Trainer, 1975; Rosevear, 1969). Apparently G. buntingi is a member of a suite of species endemic to West Africa that includes Dephomys defua, D. eburneae, Hybomys planifrons, H. trivirgatus, Hylomyscus baeri, Lemniscomys bellieri, Malacomys cansdalei, M. edwardsi, Oenomys ornatus, Praomys daltoni, P. derooi, and P. rostratus (Carleton and Robbins, 1985; Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1984).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Zone of high forest, coastal scrub or Guinea woodland in West Africa from Senegal (Duplantier and Granjon, 1992), Sierra Leone (Grubb et al., 1998), and Guinea to Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia; see Rosevear (1969).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Except for Misonne (1974), who included it in G. dolichurus, buntingi has always been listed or discussed as a species of Grammomys (Allen, 1939; Ellerman, 1941; Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1984; Petter and Trainer, 1975; Rosevear, 1969). Apparently G. buntingi is part of a suite of species endemic to W Africa: Dephomys defua, D. eburnea, Hybomys planifrons, H. trivirgatus, Hylomyscus baeri, Lemniscomys bellieri, Malacomys cansdalei, M. edwardsi, Myomys daltoni, M. derooi, and Praomys rostratus (Carleton and Robbins, 1985; Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1984).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Zone of high forest, coastal scrub or Guinea woodland in West Africa from Sierra Leone and Guinea to Ivory Coast and Liberia.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439196.