Aethomys chrysophilus

Taxonavigation

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Arvicanthini
Genus: Aethomys
Species: Aethomys chrysophilus

Name

Aethomys chrysophilus (de Winton, 1897)

Type locality: E Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Mazoe (see Chimimba, 1998:430).

References

• de Winton, W. E. 1897. On collections of rodents made by Mr. J. ffolliot Darling in Mashunaland and Mr. F. C. Selous in Matabeleland, with short field-notes by the collectors. Proceedings of Zoological Society of London, 1896: 801.
• Thomas, O., and R. C. Wroughton, 1908. The Rudd exploration of S. Africa.—X. List of mammals collected by Mr. Grant near Tette, Zambesia. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1908: 547.
• Osgood, W. H. 1910. Diagnoses of new East African mammals, including a new genus of Muridae. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoology Series, 10: 11.
• Kershaw, P.S. 1923. On some small mammals from Tanganyika Territory. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) 12: 534–536. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632970 . [p. 535]
• Thomas, O. 1927. On the mammals of the Gobabis district, eastern Damaraland, South West Africa, obtained during Capt. Shortridge’s Fourth Percy Sladen and Kaffrarian Museum Expedition. Proceedings of Zoological Society of London, 1927: 387.
• Linzey, A. V., and C. T. Chimimba, 2008. Aethomys chrysophilus, Mammalian Species, 808: 1–10.

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