Lophuromys Peters, 1874

Denys, Christiane, Missoup, Alain Didier, Nicolas, Violaine, Sylla, Morlaye, Douno, Mory, Kadjo, Blaise, Lalis, Aude & Monadjem, Ara, 2025, Annotated checklist of rodents from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), Zoosystema 47 (27), pp. 617-689 : 649

Genus Lophuromys Peters, 1874

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REMARKS

Only one species of Lophuromys is known to occur in West Africa: L. sikapusi ( Temminck, 1853) initially described from the Gold Coast ( Ghana). On Mount Nimba, the species is generally collected in abundance in various environments from savanna to forest both on the Guinean ( Heim de Balsac & Lamotte 1958; Gautun et al. 1986) and Liberian sides ( Coe 1975; Misonne & Verschuren 1976). Because Gautun et al. (1986) indicated some differences between specimens collected at 1600 m with a karyotype of 2N= 64, NFa =76 and specimens collected in Côte d’Ivoire with a karyotype of 2N =60, nF=76-70 ( Matthey 1958), we paid some attention to morphological and genetical variability of the specimens recovered during our survey.