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Steatomys
Sign in to saveSteatomys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It contains the following species: Bocage's African fat mouse (Steatomys bocagei) Northwestern fat mouse (Steatomys caurinus) Dainty fat mouse (Steatomys cuppedius) Jackson's fat mouse (Steatomys jacksoni) Krebs's fat mouse (Steatomys krebsii) Pousargues African fat mouse (Steatomys opimus) Tiny fat mouse (Steatomys parvus) Fat mouse (Steatomys pratensis)
Species
Common Fat Mouse
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyNesomyidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 358
- With media
- 28
- Family
- Nesomyidae
- Collections
- USNM, AMNH
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zaire, Angola
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Steatomys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It contains the following species: Bocage's African fat mouse (Steatomys bocagei) Northwestern fat mouse (Steatomys caurinus) Dainty fat mouse (Steatomys cuppedius) Jackson's fat mouse (Steatomys jacksoni) Krebs's fat mouse (Steatomys krebsii) Pousargues African fat mouse (Steatomys opimus) Tiny fat mouse (Steatomys parvus) Fat mouse (Steatomys pratensis)
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Steatomys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.