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SPECIES Cricetomys gambianus

Author:Waterhouse, 1840.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840: 2.
Common Name:Northern Giant Pouched Rat
Type Locality:Gambia, Gambia River.
Distribution:Subsaharan savanna belt (Sudan and Guinea) and forest edges, from Gambia and Senegal eastwards to NE Dem. Rep. Congo, S Sudan, and N Uganda.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:The range outlined here basically corresponds to Hinton’s (1919b) grouping of relatively small-bodied Cricetomys with gray, moderately long and hispid pelage. Morphological, behavioral, and ecological contrasts between C. gambianus proper and C. emini elucidated by Genest-Villard (1967) and Rosevear (1969).
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Synonyms:

    buchanani Thomas and Hinton, 1921
    dichrurus Osgood, 1910
    gambiensis Temminck, 1853
    goliath (Ruppell, 1842)
    grahami Hinton, 1919
    langi Hatt, 1934
    oliviae Dollman, 1911
    servorum Hinton, 1919

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