African wading rat
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| African wading rat Temporal range:Pleistoceneto recent
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Praomyini |
| Genus: | Colomys Thomas&Wroughton,1907 |
| Species: | C. goslingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Colomys goslingi | |
TheAfrican wading ratorAfrican water rat(Colomys goslingi) is aspeciesofrodentin the familyMuridae.It is native to Africa, where it occurs inAngola,Burundi,Cameroon,Republic of the Congo,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Equatorial Guinea,Ethiopia,Gabon,Kenya,Liberia,Rwanda,South Sudan,Uganda,andZambia.[1]
An aquatic species, this rat is found in and around streams and pools in rainforest habitat, and sometimes ingrasslandand savanna regions.[1]
In 2020, a team of researchers fromSiena Collegeestablished that it is actually four separate species: the other three species have been namedColomys wologizi,C. lumumbai,andC. eisentrauti.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^abKerbis Peterhans, J., et al. 2008.Colomys goslingi.The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 11 April 2015.
- ^Rat that uses whiskers to hunt underwater prey is really four species,by Jake Buehler, atNew Scientist;published October 8, 2020; retrieved October 10, 2020
- ^Thomas C. Giarla; Terrence C. Demos; Ara Monadjem; Rainer Hutterer; Desiré Dalton; Mnqobi L. Mamba; Emily A. Roff; Frank M. Mosher; Václav Mikeš; Christopher P. Kofron; Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans (2021)."Integrative taxonomy and phylogeography of Colomys and Nilopegamys (Rodentia: Murinae), semi-aquatic mice of Africa, with descriptions of two new species"(PDF).Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.192(1): 206–235.doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa108.
- ^Two New Species of Semi-Aquatic Mice Discovered in Africa;on: sci-news; Oct 12, 2020
Notes
[edit]- Colomys.Integrated Taxonomic Information System. (ITIS)
- Musser, G. G.;Carleton, M. D. (2005)."Superfamily Muroidea".InWilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M. (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.).Johns Hopkins University Press.pp. 894–1531.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
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