Authority citation: Waterhouse, G.R. 1840-07. Mr. Waterhouse exhibited a new species of Rodent from the river Gambia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840:1-3.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571437
Original name as described: Cricetomys Gambianus
Nominal names: gambianus G. R. Waterhouse, 1840 | goliath (Rüppell, 1842) [not used as valid] | gambiensis Temminck, 1853 [unjustified emendation] | dichrurus Osgood, 1910 | oliviae Dollman, 1911 | grahami Hinton, 1919 | servorum Hinton, 1919 | buchanani O. Thomas & Hinton, 1921 | langi Hatt, 1934
Other common names: Gambian Giant Pouched Rat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Nesomyidae -- Subfamily: Cricetomyinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.136
Type locality: Gambia River, The Gambia.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Senegal (SEN) | Gambia | Guinea-Bissau (GNB) | Guinea (GIN) | Mali (MLI) | Burkina Faso (BFA) | Cote d'Ivoire | Ghana (GHA) | Togo (TGO) | Benin (BEN) | Niger (NER) | Nigeria (NGA) | Cameroon (CMR) | Chad (TCD) | Central African Republic (CAF) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | South Sudan (SSD) | Uganda (UGA) | Kenya (KEN)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: has been considered a synonym of C. emini, but it is considered distinct following recent publications
Citation: Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Denys, C., & Cotterill, F. P. (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
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