Kivu giant pouched rat

Kivu giant pouched rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Nesomyidae
Subfamily: Cricetomyinae
Genus: Cricetomys
Species: C. kivuensis
Binomial name
Cricetomys kivuensis
Lönnberg, 1917[1]

The Kivu giant pouched rat (Cricetomys kivuensis) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.[2] It is found in Southern Africa.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Don E. Wilson; DeeAnn M. Reeder (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. pp. 933–. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
  2. Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. (2012). Cricetomys kivuensis. The Animal Diversity Web (online).

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