African wading rat
The African wading rat or African water rat (Colomys goslingi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is native to Africa, where it occurs in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia.[1]
| African wading rat Temporal range: Pleistocene to recent | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Colomys Thomas & Wroughton, 1907 |
| Species: | C. goslingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Colomys goslingi | |
An aquatic species, this rat is found in and around streams and pools in rainforest habitat, and sometimes in grassland and savanna regions.[1]
In 2020, a team of researchers from Siena College established that it is actually four separate species: the other three species have been named Colomys wologizi, C. lumumbai, and C. eisentrauti.[2][3][4]
Notes
- Kerbis Peterhans, J., et al. 2008. Colomys goslingi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 11 April 2015.
- Rat that uses whiskers to hunt underwater prey is really four species, by Jake Buehler, at New Scientist; published October 8, 2020; retrieved October 10, 2020
- Integrative taxonomy and phylogeography of Colomys and Nilopegamys (Rodentia: Murinae), semi-aquatic mice of Africa, with descriptions of two new species, by Thomas C Giarla, Terrence C Demos, Ara Monadjem, Rainer Hutterer, Desiré Dalton, Mnqobi L Mamba, Emily A Roff, Frank M Mosher, Václav Mikeš, Christopher P Kofron, Julian C Kerbis Peterhans; in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; published October 8, 2020; retrieved October 10, 2020
- Two New Species of Semi-Aquatic Mice Discovered in Africa; on: sci-news; Oct 12, 2020
References
- Colomys. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. (ITIS)
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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