Cricetomys gambianus

G. R. Waterhouse, 1840

Northern 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

Waterhouse, G.R. 1840-07. Mr. Waterhouse exhibited a new species of Rodent from the river Gambia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840:1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571437

Original name as described

Cricetomys Gambianus

Other common names

Gambian Giant Pouched Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.136

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/202d5666-045c-4e1d-9a22-be355fc07101

Type locality

Gambia River, The Gambia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya

Taxonomy notes

has been considered a synonym of C. emini, but it is considered distinct following recent publications

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/1003706

Country distribution map

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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 langi

Hatt, 1934

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

langi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-51153

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-51153

Authority page

5

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Cricetomys Gambianus

G. R. Waterhouse, 1840

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

gambianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.136

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/202d5666-045c-4e1d-9a22-be355fc07101

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571437

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Matschie (1895:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  3. Roberts (1913:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Happold (2013:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112169507/243173564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cricetomys gambianus dichrurus

Osgood, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

dichrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.12.1.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1cd690be-805a-46b6-88d7-8e1051cc4376

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 servorum

Hinton, 1919

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

servorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.10.24.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/75799bd0-fd76-4db8-9ddb-cd6ddef76c62

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616075

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cricetomys gambianus oliviae

Dollman, 1911

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

oliviae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.5.12.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/512cfca6-0738-4f8a-9676-1ce072dd83d5

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098921

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cricetomys gambianus grahami

Hinton, 1919

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

grahami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.3.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8ebe5b6d-cf2d-4e1d-9e13-723a2bf78f9e

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616070

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cricetomys buchanani

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1921

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

buchanani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.11.87

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9a21f4aa-22ef-4182-9d19-fe9c2dd3b682

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3152371

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

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

Mus Goliath

(Rüppell, 1842)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

goliath

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Type

SMF:MAMM:4316

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886776

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

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

Cricetomys gambiensis

Temminck, 1853

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

gambiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

168

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835915

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

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