Saccostomus umbriventer

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 Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Cricetomyinae
Genus: Saccostomus
Species: Saccostomus umbriventer

Name

Saccostomus umbriventer Miller, 1910: 1

• Holotype: USNM 162612, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by John Alden Loring on 26 June 1909.
• Type locality: “Njori Osolali (Sotik), British East Africa”.

References

Primary references

• Miller, G.S. 1910. A new rodent of the genus Saccostomus from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 54(5): 1–2. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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: Gray-bellied Pouched Mouse