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Thamnomys

Thamnomys is a genus of Old World rats from East Central Africa.

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Thamnomys
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Recent
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Arvicanthini
Genus: Thamnomys
Thomas, 1907
Type species
Thamnomys venustus
Species

Thamnomys is a genus of Old World rats from East Central Africa.

Species

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References

  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.