Southern giant pouched rat
| Southern giant pouched rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Cricetomyinae |
| Genus: | Cricetomys |
| Species: | C. ansorgei |
| Binomial name | |
| Cricetomys ansorgei Thomas, 1904[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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The southern giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.[2][3][4][5] It is widely distributed in mainly tropical regions of southern Africa, notably Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[6][7]
Synonyms
A large number of synonyms have been noted for this species.[6] They include:
- Cricetomys adventor Thomas and Wroughton, 1907
- Cricetomys cosensi Hinton, 1919
- Cricetomys cunctator Thomas and Wroughton, 1908
- Cricetomys elgonis Thomas, 1910
- Cricetomys enguvi Heller, 1912
- Cricetomys haagneri Roberts, 1926
- Cricetomys kenyensis Osgood, 1910
- Cricetomys luteus Dollman, 1911
- Cricetomys microtis Lönnberg, 1917
- Cricetomys osgoodi Heller, 1912
- Cricetomys raineyi Heller, 1912
- Cricetomys selindensis Roberts, 1946
- Cricetomys vaughanjonesi St. Leger, 1937
- Cricetomys viator Thomas, 1904
References
- ↑ Mammals of Tanzania. Fieldmuseum.org. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
- ↑ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9.
- ↑ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. (2012). Cricetomys ansorgeisouthern giant pouched rat. The Animal Diversity Web (online).
- ↑ Don E. Wilson; DeeAnn M. Reeder (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. pp. 932–. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
- ↑ Cricetomys ansorgei. ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
- 1 2 Cricetomys ansorgei. Mammal Species of the World . Bucknell.edu. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
- ↑ African Rodentia ›› Cricetomys ansorgei [RMCA 96.036-M-5379]. Projects.biodiversity.be. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
Further reading
- Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Hares and Rodents). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2B:550–554.
- Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 199-200.
- Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1344–1346, 1495–1496.
- Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274–392.
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