Cricetomys
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Muroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Cricetomyinae
Genus: Cricetomys
Species (4):
C. ansorgei –
C. emini –
C. gambianus –
C. kivuensis
Name
[edit]Cricetomys Waterhouse, 1840: 2
- Type species: Cricetomys Gambianus Waterhouse, 1840, by monotypy.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.