Thamnomys major

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Arvicanthini
Genus: Thamnomys
Species: Thamnomys major

Thamnomys major Hatt, 1934

Holotype: AMNH 82693, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by James P. Chapin on 17 June 1927.
Type locality: “Lukumi, on the north slope of Mt. Karisimbi, central Kivu volcanoes, Belgian Congo (altitude 12,000 feet)”.

Hatt, R.T. 1934. Fourteen hitherto unrecognized African rodents. American Museum Novitates 708: 1–15. hdl: 2246/4498 Reference page.

English: Hatt's Thicket Rat