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Leimacomys büttneri  Matschie, 1893
Taxonomic Serial No.: 970799

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s): Büttner's African Forest Mouse [English]
  
  Valid Name: Leimacomys buettneri Matschie, 1893
 
       
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  Current Standing: invalid - unavailable, literature misspelling   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Superfamily Muroidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 894-1531   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Leimacomys büttneri, Büttner's African Forest Mouse [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rosevear, D. R.  
  Publication Date: 1969   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Rodents of West Africa   
  Page(s): 604   
  Publisher: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Reference for: Leimacomys büttneri   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Data Deficient  
    Comments: Still known only by two specimens obtained in 1890 (Dieterlen, 1976a; Misonne, 1966; Rosevear, 1969). The species has not been collected for nearly a century and has been either declared extinct, regarded as critically endangered, or believed to still exist (see discussion and references in Grubb et al., 1998:189). Recent mammal surveys of Togo have not included forest habitats (Grubb et al., 1998) and so are uninformative about the present existence of L. buettneri in that country. The typ...  
 

 

    

 
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