NOTEWORTHY RECORDS OF SMALL MAMMALS FROM GHANA WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ACCRA PLAINS

Citation
J. Decher et al., NOTEWORTHY RECORDS OF SMALL MAMMALS FROM GHANA WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ACCRA PLAINS, Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 66(2), 1997, pp. 209-227
Citations number
54
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
ISSN journal
00974463
Volume
66
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
209 - 227
Database
ISI
SICI code
0097-4463(1997)66:2<209:NROSMF>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
In this paper we describe new or additional records of four species of shrews (Soricidae), nine species of bats (Hipposideridae, Vespertilio nidae, Molossidae), and one species of rodent (Muridae) from Ghana. Th ese records add to our knowledge of the distribution of small mammals in Ghana especially those occurring on the Accra Plains. A zoogeograph ic explanation for these distributional data is sought in the context of the Dahomey Gap phenomenon.