Cricetomys Waterhouse 1840

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 930-955 : 931

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11328707

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scientific name

Cricetomys Waterhouse 1840
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Cricetomys Waterhouse 1840 View in CoL

Cricetomys Waterhouse 1840 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840: 2.

Type Species: Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse 1840

Species and subspecies: 4 species:

Species Cricetomys ansorgei Thomas 1904

Species Cricetomys emini Wroughton 1910

Species Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse 1840

Species Cricetomys kivuensis Lönnberg 1917

Discussion: Cricetomyini. Six nominal species were recognized (e.g., Allen, 1939) before Ellerman (1941) summarily reduced all to subspecies of C. gambianus . Genest-Villard’s (1967) revision provided evidence of two kinds, a predominantly savanna-dwelling species ( C. gambianus ) and a lowland forest form ( C. emini ), an arrangement broadly compatible with Hinton’s (1919b) perception of harsh-furred and sleek-furred groups. Her character states and univariate ratios for discriminating two species are generally workable in West Africa but break down in eastern and southern Africa; based on series in MCZ and USNM, four kinds of Cricetomys can be morphologically sorted. For studies of the gastrointestinal tract interpreted in the context of taxonomic comparisons, trophic niche, and digestive function see Knight and Knight-Eloff (1987) and Perrin and Curtis (1980).

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Nesomyidae

Loc

Cricetomys Waterhouse 1840

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Cricetomys

Waterhouse 1840: 2
1840
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