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mammal · Rodentia · Nesomyidae

Southern Giant Pouched Rat

Cricetomys ansorgei Thomas, 1904 — also called African Giant Rat, East African Savannah Pouched Rat, Gambian Rat. Occurrence records of the Southern Giant Pouched Rat are shared on GBIF from around 3 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Medike Mountain Sanctuary (2 records).

IUCN: Least concernNesomyidae
3reserves with records
6records around them
1provinces
LCIUCN category
Southern Giant Pouched Rat (Cricetomys ansorgei)
Photo: (c) i_c_riddell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Medike Mountain SanctuaryNature reserveLP Limpopo2
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo2
EWT Medike ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo2

By province

Limpopo
3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Scientific name
Cricetomys ansorgei
GBIF taxon
4263434
Wikidata
Q1764421

More of the Nesomyidae family

Southern African Pouched MouseBrants'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.