Biology:Kivu giant pouched rat

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Short description: Species of rodent

Kivu giant pouched rat
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Cricetomys
Species:
C. kivuensis
Binomial name
Cricetomys kivuensis
Lönnberg, 1917[1]

The Kivu giant pouched rat (Cricetomys kivuensis) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.[2]

Taxonomy

It was formerly considered conspecific with the Emin's pouched rat (C. emini) but is now considered its own species.

Distribution

It is found in central Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Don E. Wilson; DeeAnn M. Reeder (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. pp. 933–. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=YnYED-YG0ZYC&pg=PA933. 
  2. Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. (2012). Cricetomys kivuensis. The Animal Diversity Web (online).
  3. "Explore the Database". https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html#genus=Cricetomys&species=kivuensis&id=1003707. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q1764966 entry