Northwestern African Fat Mouse
Steatomys caurinus Thomas, 1912
Also calledRat-adipeux du Nord-Ouest (fra) · Souris adipeux du Nord-Ouest (fra) · länsiafrikanrasvahiiri (fin) · tučnomyš západoafrická (ces) · tłustoszka krzewiasta (pol) · Северо-западный толстый хомячок (rus) · ミズカミンマウス (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9 vol.9 p.271
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Listed as a subspecies of S. pratensis by Coetzee (1977 a), but documented as species by Rosevear (1969) and Swanepoel and Schlitter (1978). The relationship between S. caurinus and S. pratensis from southern and East Africa warrants inquiry.
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
distribution
Distribution: West Africa, Senegal (Duplantier and Granjon, 1992), through S Mali (Meinig, 2000) and Ghana (Grubb et al., 1998), to C Nigeria; range limits unknown.
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Listed as a subspecies of S. pratensis by Coetzee (1977 a), but documented as a separate species in the revision by Swanepoel and Schütter (1978).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to W Africa from Senegal west to C Nigeria (see map in Swanepoel and Schütter, 1978); limits unknown.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438743.