Thicket rat
| Thicket rats Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Thamnomys Thomas, 1907 |
| Species | |
The thicket rats, genus Thamnomys, are a group of Old World rats from East Central Africa.
Species
- Genus Thamnomys
- Kemp's thicket rat - Thamnomys kempi Dollman, 1911
- Hatt's thicket rat - Thamnomys major Hatt, 1934
- Charming thicket rat - Thamnomys venustus Thomas, 1907
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.
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