Cricetomys ansorgei Thomas 1904

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 : 932

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11328709

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Cricetomys ansorgei Thomas 1904
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Cricetomys ansorgei Thomas 1904 View in CoL

Cricetomys ansorgei Thomas 1904 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 13: 412.

Type Locality: Angola, Pungo Andongo.

Vernacular Names: Southern Giant Pouched Rat.

Synonyms: 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 .

Distribution: Kenya and E and S Uganda, southwards exclusive of Congo forest block, to W and S Angola ( Crawford-Cabral, 1998:Map 21), S Zambia, E Zimbabwe, and NE South Africa (Limpopo Province and NE KwaZulu-Natal); including Zanzibar.

Discussion: Cranial proportions simililar to C. gambianus but size larger and skull robustly constructed (LM1-3 typically 11-12 mm versus 10-11 mm), dominant tones of dorsal pelage brown compared with grayish of C. gambianus ; as equally differentiated in multivariate space from C. gambianus as from C. emini . Other morphological and ecological contrasts to C. gambianus enumerated (as C. g. ansorgei ) by Genest-Villard (1967). Even as arranged, ansorgei is likely a species complex. Populations that occur on mountains in East Africa ( elgonis , enguvi , kenyensis , microtis ), each retained as well differentiated but localized subspecies of C. gambianus by Genest-Villard (1967), invite detailed investigation; certain populations may plausibly link with C. kivuensis from Western Rift Mtns. Also, cosensi , described as a species from Zanzibar, was considered by Hinton (1919 b) to be related to the emini complex.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Nesomyidae

Genus

Cricetomys

Loc

Cricetomys ansorgei Thomas 1904

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

Cricetomys ansorgei

Thomas 1904: 412
1904
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