Cricetomys

Cricetomys gambianus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Cricetomyinae
Genus: Cricetomys
Species (4): C. ansorgei – C. emini – C. gambianus – C. kivuensis

Name

Cricetomys Waterhouse, 1840: 2

• Type species: Cricetomys Gambianus Waterhouse, 1840, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Waterhouse, G.R. 1840. [Mr. Waterhouse exhibited a new species of Rodent from the river Gambia]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8(1): 1–3. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Olayemi, A., Nicolas, V., Hulselmans, J., Missoup, A.D., Fichet-Calvet, E., Amundala, D., Dudu, A., Dierckx, T., Wendelen, W., Leirs, H. & Verheyen, E. 2012. Taxonomy of the African giant pouched rats (Nesomyidae: Cricetomys): molecular and craniometric evidence support an unexpected high species diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165(3): 700–719. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00823.x Reference page. 
• Monadjem, A., Taylor, P.J., Denys, C. & Cotterill, F.D.P. 2015. Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa. A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. De Gruyter: Berlin. 1092 pp. ISBN 9783110301663 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Giant Pouched Rats