Authority citation: Pousargues, E. de. 1893. Diagnose d'une espece nouvelle de rongeur du genre Golunda de la collection de M. J. Dybowski. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 18:163-166.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099309
Original name as described: Golunda Dybowskii
Nominal names: dybowskii (de Pousargues, 1893) | cuninghamei O. Thomas, 1906 | roosevelti (E. Heller, 1910) | alberti O. Thomas, 1915 | lutescens O. Thomas, 1915 | massaicus Lönnberg, 1916 | christyi O. Thomas, 1917 | lowei Hayman, 1936 | richardi Hayman, 1939 | cunninghamei Setzer, 1956 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | dybowskyi Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | dybowskyii Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Other common names: African Groove-toothed Rat|Common Groove-toothed Rat|Common Mylomys|Dybowski's Mylomys|Mill Rat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Muridae -- Subfamily: Murinae -- Tribe: Arvicanthini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MNHN 1892-1591
Type locality: Kemo River, French Congo (= Central African Republic).
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Guinea (GIN) | Liberia? | Cote d'Ivoire | Ghana (GHA) | Cameroon (CMR) | Central African Republic (CAF) | South Sudan (SSD) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | Republic of the Congo (COG) | Angola? | Kenya (KEN) | Uganda (UGA) | Rwanda (RWA) | Burundi? | Tanzania (TZA) | Malawi (MWI)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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