Thamnomys venustus Thomas 1907

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1511

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Thamnomys venustus Thomas 1907
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Thamnomys venustus Thomas 1907 View in CoL

Thamnomys venustus Thomas 1907 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 19: 122.

Type Locality: Uganda, Mubuku Valley, Ruwenzori East, 7000 ft (2134 m); see G. M. Allen and Loveridge (1942) for details.

Vernacular Names: Thomas's Thamnomys.

Synonyms: Thamnomys kivuensis G. M. Allen and Loveridge 1942 ; Thamnomys schoutedeni Hatt 1934 .

Distribution: From lowlands of NE Dem Rep. Congo at Medje (617 m; specimens in AMNH) south through Ruwenzori Mtns of W Uganda (G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1942; Delany, 1975; Thomas, 1907 a; specimens in FMNH and MCZ) to the Kivu volcanos in E Dem. Rep. Congo (G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1942; specimens in MCZ), 600-2100 m; distributional limits unresolved.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: An appreciably smaller-bodied species than T. major (see that account) and recorded from a more expansive range and generally at lower altitudes. Both kivuensis (G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1942) and schoutedeni (Hatt, 1934) were described as a subspecies of T. venustus . Altitudinal distribution on Ugandan slopes of Ruwenzori Mtns reviewed by Kerbis Peterhans et al. (1998) and compared with distributions of entire small mammal fauna in those highlands.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Thamnomys

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Thamnomys venustus Thomas 1907

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

Thamnomys venustus

Thomas 1907: 122
1907
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