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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Thamnomys
SPECIES Thamnomys venustus
| Author: | Thomas, 1907. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 19: 122. | | Common Name: | Thomas’s Thamnomys | | Type Locality: | Uganda, Mubuku Valley, Ruwenzori East, 7000 ft (2134 m); see G. M. Allen and Loveridge (1942) for details. | | Distribution: | From lowlands of NE Dem Rep. Congo at Medje (617 m; specimens in AMNH) south through Ruwenzori Mtns of W Uganda (G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1942; Delany, 1975; Thomas, 1907a; specimens in FMNH and MCZ) to the Kivu volcanos in E Dem. Rep. Congo (G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1942; specimens in MCZ), 600-2100 m; distributional limits unresolved. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | An appreciably smaller-bodied species than T. major (see that account) and recorded from a more expansive range and generally at lower altitudes. Both kivuensis (G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1942) and schoutedeni (Hatt, 1934) were described as a subspecies of T. venustus. Altitudinal distribution on Ugandan slopes of Ruwenzori Mtns reviewed by Kerbis Peterhans et al. (1998) and compared with distributions of entire small mammal fauna in those highlands. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
kivuensis G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1942
schoutedeni Hatt, 1934
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