Parkveldparks & reserves · ZA
615 protected areas · 9 provinces · open data
Advertise
Parkveld
  1. Parkveld
  2. Wildlife
  3. Nesomyidae
  4. Southern African Pouched Mouse
mammal · Rodentia · Nesomyidae

Southern African Pouched Mouse

Saccostomus campestris Peters, 1846 — also called Pouched Mouse, Cape Pouched Mouse, African Pouched Rat. Occurrence records of the Southern African Pouched Mouse are shared on GBIF from around 12 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Augrabies Falls National Park (16 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernNesomyidae
12reserves with records
58records around them
5provinces
LCIUCN category
Southern African Pouched Mouse (Saccostomus campestris)
Photo: Ryan van Huyssteen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational parkNC Northern Cape16
Lydenburg NatuurreservaatNature reserveMP Mpumalanga8
Letaba Ranch Provincial ParkNature reserveLP Limpopo6
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal6
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier areaLP Limpopo4
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserveNC Northern Cape3
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserveEC Eastern Cape3
Wellington ParkNature reserveEC Eastern Cape3
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape3
St. Lucia SystemProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal2
ASSEGAAI TRAILSNature reserveEC Eastern Cape2
Samara Karoo ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape2

By province

Eastern Cape
5 reserves
Northern Cape
2 reserves
Limpopo
2 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal
2 reserves
Mpumalanga
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Scientific name
Saccostomus campestris
GBIF taxon
2438948
Wikidata
Q1769250

More of the Nesomyidae family

Southern Giant Pouched RatBrants's African Climbing Mouse

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.