Thamnomys schoutedeni
Hatt, 1934
Schouteden's Thicket Rat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
Superfamily | : Muroidea |
Family | : Muridae |
Subfamily | : Murinae |
Tribe | : Arvicanthini |
Genus | : Thamnomys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Hatt, R.T. 1934-04-04. Fourteen hitherto unrecognized African rodents. American Museum Novitates 708:1-15.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2246/4498Original name as described
Thamnomys venustus schoutedeni
Other common names
Schouteden's Thamnomys
Type material
AMNH M-50066
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Medje, Ituri District, DR Congo.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Taxonomy notes
split from T. venustus
Taxonomy notes citation
Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Denys, C., & Cotterill, F. P. (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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