Cricetomys emini

Wroughton, 1910

Forest Giant Pouched Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Nesomyidae
Subfamily : Cricetomyinae
Genus : Cricetomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wroughton, R.C. 1910-01-01. New African mammals of the genera Cricetomys and Procavia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5(25):106-110.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63236429

Original name as described

Cricetomys gambianus emini

Other common names

Emin's Giant Pouched Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1887.12.1.55

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b70ce03a-acc5-49de-95de-db200d949f18

Type locality

"Gadda, Monbattu," DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

some authors have considered C. ansorgei, C. gambianus, and C. kivuensis under this species, however, recent publications recognize them all as distinct

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003705

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cricetomys gambianus emini

Wroughton, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

emini

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.12.1.55

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b70ce03a-acc5-49de-95de-db200d949f18

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63236429

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1914:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)

Cricetomys gambianus dolichops

Osgood, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

dolichops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.7.1.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dc5dbe35-729f-4f33-98be-837a64b28a5a

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094705

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetomys gambianus liberiae

Osgood, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

liberiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.6.2.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6f5af01-b892-46e3-ab78-d49ef1ef971b

Authority page

281

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094706

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetomys gambianus poensis

Osgood, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.7.1.117

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a258650b-96f3-4a9e-8ce0-9ce3a7412cd3

Authority page

279

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094704

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetomys gambianus proparator

Wroughton, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

proparator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.163

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/94a7b273-031a-4464-9a6d-679f868ab05e

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63236428

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetomys emini sanctus

Hinton, 1919

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

sanctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.4.7.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8cff23a9-24db-42d3-a0d3-2aa3b05e61eb

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616073

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetomys emini

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

emini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

168

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5521/115072329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cricetomys dissimilis

de Rochebrune, 1885

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

dissimilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31945680

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus tephrus

(de Rochebrune, 1885)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

tephrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31945681

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetomys dissimulus

Hatt, 1940

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

dissimulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

495

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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