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--> GENUS Saccostomus
SPECIES Saccostomus mearnsi
Author: | Heller, 1910. | Citation: | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 54: 3. | Common Name: | East African Pouched Mouse | Type Locality: | Kenya, Coast Prov., Changamwe. | Distribution: | Extreme S Ethiopia and S Somalia, through E Uganda and Kenya, to NE Tanzania. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Perhaps also a species complex as suggested by newly reported karyotypic, cranial, and genetic variation (Corti et al., 2004; Fadda et al., 2001b). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
cricetulus G. M. Allen and Lawrence, 1936 isiolae Heller, 1912 umbriventer Miller, 1910
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