Thamnomys
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| Thamnomys Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Arvicanthini |
| Genus: | Thamnomys Thomas, 1907 |
| Type species | |
| Thamnomys venustus | |
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Thamnomys is a genus of Old World rats from East Central Africa.
Species
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
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