Annotated checklist of rodents from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa) Author Denys, Christiane Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE-PSL, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) christiane.denys@mnhn.fr Author Missoup, Alain Didier Biologie de l’évolution, Mammalogie Département de Biologie des Organismes Animaux, Faculté des Sciences Université de Douala, BP 24157 Douala-Cameroun (Cameroun) admissoup@ymail.com Author Nicolas, Violaine Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE-PSL, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) violaine.colin@mnhn.fr Author Sylla, Morlaye d’Études et de Recherches sur les Petits Animaux, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser, Conakry (Guinea) morlayeya@gmail.com Author Douno, Mory Centre de Gestion de l’Environnement des monts Nimba et Simandou (CEGENS) Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable (MEDD), Conakry (Guinea) morydouno2001@gmail.com Author Kadjo, Blaise Laboratoire des Milieux naturels et Conservation de la Biodiversité, UFR Biosciences, Université Félix HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22 (Côte d’Ivoire) blaisekadjo1@hotmail.com Author Lalis, Aude Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE-PSL, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) aude.lalis@mnhn.fr Author Monadjem, Ara Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag 20, Hatfield, 0028 (South Africa) and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eswatini, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni (Eswatini) ara.monadjem@up.ac.za text Zoosystema 2025 2025-10-24 47 27 617 689 https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/zoosystema2025v47a27.pdf journal article 312924 10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a27 0423f34e-ce15-453f-81e6-eb6fce49b311 1638-9387 17441339 AF6A7887-54B4-466B-B2CB-BB0BE3B98338
TABLE 8. — Nimba Muridae Illiger,1811 skull measurements in mm. N, number of individual measurements; Min-Max, minimum and maximal values. For skull abbreviation measurements see Material and methods.
TaxonNumberNLGTWZYGCIOLNASWNASWOCC LPALFOR UTRLBTLMDBHMDBLTR
G. kempii G. kempii G. kempii Arvicanthis sp. T. trivirgatus T. trivirgatus T. planifrons D. rufulus D. rufulus D. rufulus D. rufulus D. cf. eburnea D. cf. defua Dephomys sp. G . macmillani – G. macmillani G. macmillani L. macculus L. macculus L. striatus L. striatus L. striatus L. striatus L. striatus O. ornatus M. edwardsi M. edwardsi M. cansdalei M. cansdalei M. cansdalei P. rostratus P. tullbergi H. simus H. simus H.simusMNHN-2014-980 MNHN-1997-1562 MNHN-1997-1563 MNHN-1955-660 MNHN-2021-1695 MNHN 2014-1027 MNHN-1991-2099 MNHN-2011-578 MNHN-2021-1693 NHM 68.1198-1201 Min-Max MNHN Lamotte MNHN-2021-1694 DM13172 NHM Mean Min-Max MNHN-2014-1016-1018 Min-Max MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-2114 MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-2115 MNHN-ZM-MO-1992-207 MNHN-ZM-MO-1987-358 MNHN-ZM-2021-1696 MNHN-ZM-2014-979 MNHN-ZM-2014-978 MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-1121 MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-2147 MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-1120 MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-2107 MNHN Mission1+3 Mean Min-Max DM13173 NHM-46.460 Holotype NHM-46.459 Paratype MNHN Mission 1+3 Mean Min-Max MNHN Missions 1+3 Mean Min-Max MNHN Mission 1 Mean Min-Max MNHN Mission 3 mean Min-Max MNHN Lamotte Mean1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 18 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25 – 1 1 1 28 28 12 12 9 9 8 8 541.4 – 40.2 19.9 40.6 18.99 32.1 16.8 32.4 14.8 31.8 – 34.2 15.9 33.9 17.2 33.9 17.0 35.8 18.1 33.9-37.4 17.4-18.8 34.8-35 17-17.9 34.88 15.75 29.9 14.8 33.1 15 31.1-35.8 13.2-16.4 27.2 13.9 25.5-28.2 13-14.4 32.5 16.7 33.4 15.9 24.5 – 26.4 – 29.1 13.6 26.8 12.4 28.6 13.4 27 13 29.56 14.1 34.71 16.1 36.7 – 37.3 15.4 34.1-40.1 13.9-16.2 41 18.6> 35 – 40.6 16.6 33.14 15.1 30.4-36.2 12-16.4 29.2 13.6 25.8-31.7 12.6-15 22.7 10.6 18.2-25 9.1-11.8 23. 2 11.3 20.4-24.4 8.6-12.3 23.7 11.66.8 16.9 5.6 17.1 8.4 7.1 15.7 4.3 – 7.9 6.9 16.2 4.66 16.2 6.81 5.1 10.3 4.2 13.7 – 6.3 12.6 4.6 13.8 5.4 6.5 13.3 4.3 14.6 4.4 6.70 13 4.7 13.7 5.3 4.40 12.7 5.8 13.6 – 4.3 11.9 4.6 13.9 – 4.3 13.8 4.9 14.1 – 4-4.5 12-15 4.6-5.2 13.7-14.3 – 4.7-4.8 12.5-13.6 4.5-4.7 13-14.4 – 5.5 13.7 4 128 – 5.6 – – 13.3 – 5.7 12.3 4.2 13 5.6 5.2-6.7 10.5-14.5 3.6-4.9 12.4-14 4.4-6.5 4.5>8.5 3.5 11.5 – 4.2-4.6 – 2.9-4.1 9.9-12.4 – 5.7 11.4 4.2 12.4 – 5.5 11.8 3.8 13 – 4.5 – – 10.7 3.8 4.7 – 3.5 12.2 5.6 4.9 10.2 4.6 127 5.5 4.7 9.9 3.8 11.8 – 4.9 9.6 3.7 12.3 – 4.6 9.9 4. 11.5 4.83 4.93 10.84 4.1 12 5.64 5.12 13.87 4.2 12.87 6.27 5.7 14.3 3.8 12.8 6.6 5.7 14.4 3.9 12.9 6.5 5.2-6.1 11.4-17.3 3.3-4.75 11.1-13.9 5.3-7.3 6.3 – – 15.5 – 5.8 15.7 4.5 – 4.6 6.1 15.1 4.8 14.4 6.3 5 12.8 4.1 12.0 6.9 4.3-5.7 10.35-15.6 3.05- 4.7 11.1-12.9 5.6-8.1 4.7 11.6 3.8 11.1 6.1 4.4-4.9 9.9-13 3.3-4.2 10.3-12.2 5.3-6.9 4.4 7.6 2.7 9.6 – 4-4.7 6.2-8.4 2.1-3.2 9-10.3 – 4.3 7.9 2.9 10.3 – 3.9-4.7 6.9-8.6 2.5-3.2 9.9-10.8 – 4.4 8.2 3.08 10.5 –6.87 6.4 6.32 6.5 4.78 5.11 5.09 6.92 6.95 6.7 6.5-6.95 6.8-7.1 5.57 4.92 5.2 4.8-5.5 4.08 3.7-4.3 5.6 5.87 4.01 4.06 4.9 5.28 5.28 4.89 5.30 6.27 4.98 4.9 4.5-5.3 5.83 5.09 5.06 4.92 4.3-5.4 4.52 4.15-5 3.7 3.2-3.9 4.23 3.6-4.9 4.0711.8 11 10.65 6.65 5.3 6.2 6 5.5 5.2 6 5.9-6 5.3-5.8 4.8 – 4.4 4-4.9 4.6 3.8-5.1 4.8 5.1 – 4.5 5.6 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.9 5.8 4.6 5.2 4.5-5.7 – – 5.2 4.6 4.2-5.1 4.2 3.2-4.6 3.6 3-3.8 3.8 3.6-4.2 3.627.1 10.9 6.74 25.4 10.96 6.14 26.24 10.55 6.31 22.4 11.9 6.67 20.2 6.4 4.95 20.1 6.6 5.12 22 8.9 4.73 23.9 12.1 6.84 23.9 122 6.4 24.7 12.1 6.46 23.5-26.2 11.2-12.8 5.7-7.2 24-24.1 10.4-11.9 6.52-6.8 21.9 9.7 5.41 18.3 8.7 5.18 20.3 9.2 5.09 18.4-23.5 8.3-10.3 4.49-5.5 16.9 7.2 4.06 15.2-18.1 5.8-8.4 3.8-4.2 21.3 8.1 5.72 20.4 8.7 5.65 – – 4.79 15.9 6.6 3.99 191 7.5 5.1 17.2 7.5 5.1 17.9 8.1 4.88 16.5 7.5 4.6 18.1 8.7 4.94 21 8.7 5.92 23.1 8. 4.72 22.8 8.2 4.8 19.1-25.1 6.5-9 4.4-5.2 21.2 – 5.71 25.2 8.3 5.13 26.4 8.8 4.88 21.7 8.8 4.97 18.5-24 7.2-10.9 4.2-8 18.5 7.5 4.52 15.6-20.4 6.4-8.6 4.3-4.7 15.1 6 3.7 13.3-16.4 5.2-6.6 3.4-3.8 15.1 6.3 3.73 13.5-16.1 5.3-6.9 3.5-4.3 15.8 6.2 3.73
M. erythroleucus M. minutoides M. minutoidesMin-Max MNHNMission 1 MNHN Mission 1 Mean Min-Max MNHN- Mission 3 Mean Min-Max5 2 6 6 14 1421.5-25 10.7-12.5 26.5-29.6 11.8-13.8 17.3 8.2 15.9-17.9 7.2-8.8 17.2 8.7 15.5-18.1 8-9.34.2-4.8 4-4.3 6.3 6.2-6.5 6 5.3-6.37.9-8.8 10-10.8 2.2 2.03-2.6 2.4 2.1-2.52.9-3.3 2.5-3.2 3.5 3.3-3.6 3.3 3.15-3.610.2-11 10.3-11 8. 7.5-8.2 7.8 7.3-8.5– – – – – –3.8-4.5 4.6-4.9 3.27 2.9-3.6 3.02 2.7-3.63.5-3.8 4.6-4.7 3.0 2.8-3.3 2.9 2.4-3.614.2-17 16.6-18.7 10.4 10-10.8 11 10.5-11.25.2-6.8 7.3-8 4. 3.6-4.5 4.2 3.6-4.73.5-3.9 4.5-4.6 2.72 2.5-2.8 2.43 2.2-2.7
M. setulosus M. setulosus Mus baoulei U. ruddi L. sikapusi L. sikapusi L. sikapusiMNHN- Mission 1 Min-Max MNHN Mission 3 mean Min-Max MNHN-ZM- 2011- 570 MNHN-ZM-MO- 1981 - 1123 MNHN- Mission 1 Mean Min-Max MNHN-ZM-MO- 1991 - 2076 & 1997- 1510 MNHN Mission 3 Min-Max4 4 17 – 1 1 39 39 2 17 1720.2 19.5 - 21.4 20.1 18.9 - 21.7 18.4 25. 6 29.8 26.8 - 31.5 30.3 - 31.3 31. 30- 32.49.5 9- 10.05 9.8 8.9 - 10.3 8.6 13 14.1 12.2 - 15.2 12.7 - 13 15.5 14.8 - 16.17.1 6.4- 7.5 7.0 6.1- 8 7 4.9 11. 8.6- 12.8 12.5- 13.2 11.3 10.1 - 12.12.6 2.4 - 2.7 2.65 2.2 - 3.2 2.5 9.1 3.6 2.53 - 4.22 – 3.9 3.2 - 4.43.8 3.7 - 4.1 3.8 3.45 - 4.1 3. 7 3. 1 6.6 6.1 - 7 6.6 - 6.8 6.7 6.4 - 79.1 8.6 - 9.7 8.9 8.2 - 9.6 8. 8 11. 2 12.7 11.9 - 13.5 13.1 - 13.8 12.9 12.1 - 13.4– – – – – – – – – – –3.91 3.6 - 4.5 3.31 2.7 - 4 3. 5 4. 71 4.91 4.6 -5.2 4.71 -4.92 4.95 4.7 - 5.33.7 3.2 - 4 3.3 2.9- 3.6 3.3 3.8 5.2 4.3 -6 – 5.2 4.5 -5.713.1 12.4- 13.6 13.0 12.1 - 14.4 12.9 19.1 20 17.1 - 21.4 18.5 - 19.35 20.8 18.1 -22.94.8 4.3 - 5.05 4.6 3.8- 5.3 4.3 7. 4 7. 5.6 - 8.2 – 7.4 6.8 - 83.19 2.9- 3.5 2.92 2.6- 3.2 2. 99 4.31 4.72 4.4 -5 4.45- 4.83 4.78 4.3- 5.2