Steatomys

Taxobox
name = "Steatomys"
fossil_range = Late Pliocene - Recent
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Nesomyidae
subfamilia = Dendromurinae
genus = "Steatomys"
genus_authority = Peters, 1846
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Steatomys bocagei"
"Steatomys caurinus"
"Steatomys cuppedius"
"Steatomys jacksoni"
"Steatomys krebsii"
"Steatomys opimus"
"Steatomys parvus"
"Steatomys pratensis"

"Steatomys" is a genus of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It contains the following species:
* Bocage's African Fat Mouse ("Steatomys bocagei")
* Northwestern Fat Mouse ("Steatomys caurinus")
* Dainty Fat Mouse ("Steatomys cuppedius")
* Jackson's Fat Mouse ("Steatomys jacksoni")
* Kreb's Fat Mouse ("Steatomys krebsii")
* Pousargues's African Fat Mouse ("Steatomys opimus")
* Tiny Fat Mouse ("Steatomys parvus")
* Fat Mouse ("Steatomys pratensis")

References

*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.