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Myoxus coupeii  F. Cuvier, 1822
Taxonomic Serial No.: 951309

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Graphiurus Smuts, 1832
 
       
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  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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  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): xii + 604   
  Publisher: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Reference for: Myoxus coupeii   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Gliridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 819-841   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Myoxus coupeii   
       

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  Comment: I [Mary Ellen Holden] examined the holotype of coupeii (in MNHN), a stuffed skin mounted in live pose, and it appears too large for G. kelleni, unless the skin was overstuffed. The specimen resembles West African populations of G. lorraineus, but G. crassicaudatus cannot be ruled out because distinguishing these two species is difficult using only skin characters. Accurate identification to species is elusive using only the skin, but samples taken the [from] holotype for molecular analyses might allow identification  
 

 

    

 
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