- Steatomys
Taxobox
name = "Steatomys"
fossil_range = LatePliocene - Recent
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
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 theNesomyidae 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.
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