Saccostomus

Saccostomus campestris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Cricetomyinae
Genus: Saccostomus
Species (3 + †2): S. campestris – †S. geraadsi – †S. major – S. mearnsi – S. umbriventer

Name

Saccostomus Peters, 1846: 258

• Type species: Saccostomus campestris Peters, 1846, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1846. Tette über neue Säugethiergattungen aus den Ordnungen der Insectenfresser und Nagethiere. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1846: 257–259. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Corti, M., Castiglia, R., Annesi, F. & Verheyen, W. 2004a. Mitochondrial sequences and karyotypes reveal hidden diversity in African pouched mice (subfamily Cricetomyinae, genus Saccostomus). Journal of Zoology 262(4): 413–424. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004795 Reference page. 
• Monadjem, A., Taylor, P.J., Denys, C. & Cotterill, F.D.P. 2015. Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa. A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. De Gruyter: Berlin. 1092 pp. ISBN 9783110301663 Reference page. 
• Mikula, O., Šumbera, R., Aghová, T., Mbau, J.S., Katakweba, A.S., Sabuni, C.A. & Bryja, J. 2016. Evolutionary history and species diversity of African pouched mice (Rodentia: Nesomyidae: Saccostomus). Zoologica Scripta 45(6): 595–617. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12179 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Pouched Mice