Griselda's Lemniscomys
Lemniscomys griselda (Thomas, 1904)
Also calledAalstreepgrasmuis (nld) · Griselda-Streifengrasmaus (deu) · Pręgomysz angolska (pol) · Rat-rayé d’ / Angola (fra) · Souris rayée de Griselda (fra) · angolanraitahiiri (fin) · myš jednopásá (ces) · Ангольская полосатая мышь (rus) · ヒトスジクサマウス (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.13 p.414
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Morphometrically related to L. rosalia, L. roseveari, and L. linulus (Van der Straeten (1980 a, b). Before Van der Straeten (1980 b) described roseveari and removed rosalia from L. griselda, that species was considered to have a wide distribution extending from Angola through southern Africa and up E Africa to S Kenya. Results of Van der Straeten’s (1980 b) multivariate analyses of craniodental measurements produced three slightly overlapping clusters of samples. Specimens from Balovale, Zambia, were described as L. roseveari; most population samples representing several described subspecies formed another cluster, which was identified as L. rosalia; and the third group represented L. griselda. No qualitative traits were used to distinguish the three. Furthermore, except for L. roseveari, geographic ranges of the other two species were not outlined. We have examined large series of specimens in the L. griselda complex from Angola, Zambia, and southern Africa (in AMNH and USNM), are impressed with the range of intra-and intersample variation in craniodental dimensions, and had difficulty sorting the specimens into Van der Straeten’s three groups. There is a very large se
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Known only from Angola as the species is currently defined; Crawford-Cabral (1998) reviewed and mapped Angolan records and thought the range may extend into Dem. Rep. Congo and Zambia. Because there is currently no unambiguous morphological, chromosomal, or molecular definition of L. griselda, its geographic distribution is impossible to define.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Morphometrically related to L. rosolia (Van der Straeten, 1980 b).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENT: Formerly included linulus and rosalia; see Van der Straeten, 1980, Rev. Zool. Afr „ 94: 185 - 201, Van der Straeten and Verheyen, 1980, Mammalia, 44: 73, and Van der Straeten, 1980, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. Nat. Hist., 13 (5): 55 - 62.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438200.