Southern African Pouched Mouse
Saccostomus campestris Peters, 1846
Also calledRat à abajoues du Cap (fra) · Saccostome du Cap (fra) · Sidliche Kurzschwanzhamsterratte (deu) · Sørlig Hamsterrotte (nob) · Wangsakmuis (afr) · hamstraajahiiri (fin) · krysa krátkoocasá (ces) · torbomysz sawannowa (pol) · Мешотчатый хомяк (rus) · ミナミチビオホオブクロネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin vol.11 p.258
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: A composite of two or more species as suggested by extraordinary chromosomal, morphological, and genetic variation (Corti et al., 2004; Denys, 1988; Gordon, 1986; Gordon and Rautenbach, 1980); the status of anderssoni and mashonae especially deserves attention in regard to campestris proper. Ellison (1993) demonstrated and discussed geographic variability in torpor response in the context of the species distribution and its karyotypic variants; Ellison et al. (1993) examined correlations between body size and climatic variables in southern Africa.
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
distribution
Distribution: Arid to mesic southern savannahs and grasslands: from SW Tanzania across to W Angola (see Crawford-Cabral, 1998: Map 20); south through most of Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia; to S Mozambique and S South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape provinces).
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: A composite of two or more species as suggested by extraordinary chromosomal variation (Gordon, 1986; Gordon and Rautenbach, 1980); the status of anderssoni and mashonae especially deserves attention in regard to campestris proper.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Broadly occurring in arid to mesic southern savannahs and grasslands: from SW Tanzania across to C Angola; south through most of Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia; to S Mozambique and Cape Province, South Africa.
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 2438948.