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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
{{Taxobox
{{Automatic taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Thicket rats
| fossil_range = Late [[Pleistocene]] to Recent
| fossil_range = Late [[Pleistocene]] to Recent
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Thamnomys
| authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1907
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| type_species = ''[[Charming thicket rat|Thamnomys venustus]]''
| classis = [[Mammalia]]
| ordo = [[Rodent]]ia
| familia = [[Muridae]]
| subfamilia = [[Murinae]]
| genus = '''''Thamnomys'''''
| genus_authority = Thomas, 1907
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| subdivision =
{{Linked species list
See text.
| Thamnomys kempi |
| Thamnomys major |
| Thamnomys venustus |
}}
}}
}}


The '''thicket rats''', genus'''''Thamnomys''''', are a group of [[Murinae|Old World rats]] from East Central [[Africa]].
'''''Thamnomys''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Murinae|Old World rats]] from East Central [[Africa]].


==Species==
==Species==
*Genus '''''Thamnomys'''''
*Genus '''''Thamnomys'''''
**''[[Thamnomys kempi]]'' Dollman, 1911
**[[Kemp's thicket rat]] - ''Thamnomys kempi'' [[Guy Dollman|Dollman]], 1911
**[[Hatt's thicket rat]] - ''Thamnomys major'' Hatt, 1934
**''[[Thamnomys venustus]]'' Thomas, 1907
**[[Charming thicket rat]] - ''Thamnomys venustus'' Thomas, 1907
**''[[Thamnomys rutilans]]''


==References==
[[Category:Old World rats and mice]]
*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.
{{Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)}}
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[[Category:Thamnomys| ]]
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[[Category:Rodent genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas]]



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Latest revision as of 04:21, 10 December 2023

Thamnomys
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Arvicanthini
Genus: Thamnomys
Thomas, 1907
Type species
Thamnomys venustus
Species

Thamnomys is a genus of Old World rats from East Central Africa.

Species

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References

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  • 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.