Southern Giant Pouched Rat

The Southern Giant Pouched Rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} It is distributed throughout southern Africa, notably Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Synonyms

A large number of synonyms have been noted for this species.^[11] They include:

• Cricetomys adventor Thomas and Wroughton, 1907
• Cricetomys cosensi Hinton, 1919
• Cricetomys cunctator Thomas and Wroughton, 1908
• Cricetomys elgonis Thomas, 1910
• Cricetomys enguvi Heller, 1912
• Cricetomys haagneri Roberts, 1926
• Cricetomys kenyensis Osgood, 1910
• Cricetomys luteus Dollman, 1911
• Cricetomys microtis Lönnberg, 1917
• Cricetomys osgoodi Heller, 1912
• Cricetomys raineyi Heller, 1912
• Cricetomys selindensis Roberts, 1946
• Cricetomys vaughanjonesi St. Leger, 1937
• Cricetomys viator Thomas, 1904

References

Further reading

• Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Hares and Rodents). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2B:550-554.
• Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 199-200.
• Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1344-1346, 1495-1496.
• Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.