What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Edwards' Malacomys been recorded?

Malacomys edwardsi occurrence evidence comes from 333 records in 7 countries and territories, from 1946 to 2019. Most records come from Côte d'Ivoire.

MammaliaRodentiaMuridaeMalacomys

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

333 records across 7 countries and territories, 1946–2019.

Malacomys edwardsi · GBIF taxon key 2439144

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: November.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19462019

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Edwards' Malacomys has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Edwards' Malacomys. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Côte d'Ivoire 111
Ghana 71
Guinea 50
Sierra Leone 50
Nigeria 41
Liberia 9
Benin 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.