Thamnomys

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

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

Species

• Genus Thamnomys
  • Kemp's thicket rat - Thamnomys kempi Dollman, 1911
  • Hatt's thicket rat - Thamnomys major Hatt, 1934
  • Charming thicket rat - Thamnomys venustus Thomas, 1907

References

• 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.