Delany's Swamp Mouse
Delanymys brooksi Hayman, 1962
Also calledDelany-Sumpfklettermaus (deu) · Delanymys palustre (fra) · Souris de Delany (fra) · afrikansuohiiri (fin) · bagnomyszka górska (pol) · myška dlouhoocasá (ces) · Болотный хомячок Делани (rus) · デラニーシッチマウス (jpn)
First described in: Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. vol.65 p.2-Jan
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Available information on morphology, distribution, and ecology covered in Hayman (1962 a, b, 1963 a), W. Verheyen (1965 b), Dieterlen (1969 b), Delany (1975), and Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1983).
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
distribution
Distribution: Sedge swamps in bamboo and montane forest in SW Uganda, Dem. Rep. Congo (Kivu), Rwanda (Volcanos and Nyungwe forest), and Burundi (Kibira National Park; Peterhans Kerbis, in litt., 1992).
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: SW Uganda, Kigezi, near Kanaba, Echuya (or Muchuya) Swamp, 7500 ft (2286 m) (Hayman, 1962 a).
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Available information on morphology, geographic distribution, and ecology can be found in Hayman (1962, 1963 a), Verheyen (1965 b), Dieterlen (1969 b), and Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1983).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437678.