Saccostomus umbriventer
G. S. Miller, 1910
Gray-bellied Pouched Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily | : Cricetomyinae |
| Genus | : Saccostomus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Miller, G.S., Jr. 1910-02-28. A new rodent of the genus Saccostomus from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 54(5):1-2.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8922953Original name as described
Saccostomus umbriventer
Type material
USNM:MAMM:162612
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3aa24d3b2-2459-4c67-bc4e-60565417ac8eType locality
"Njori Osolali (Sotik), British East Africa [= Kenya]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Kenya · Tanzania
Taxonomy notes
split from S. mearnsi
Taxonomy notes citation
Mikula, O., Sumbera, R., Aghova, T., Mbau, J.S., Katakweba, A.S., Sabuni, C.A., Bryja, J. 2016. Evolutionary history and species diversity of African pouched mice (Rodentia: Nesomyidae: Saccostomus). Zoological Scripta 45(6): 595-617.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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