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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{Taxobox
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| name = Pousargues's African fat mouse
| name = Pousargues's African fat mouse
| status = LC
| image =
| image =
| status = LC
| status_system = iucn3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn"/>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Hoffmann, M. |author2=Cox, N.A. |date=2017 |title=''Steatomys opimus'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T136513A22233848 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136513A22233848.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
| trend = Unknown
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| genus = Steatomys
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| species = opimus
| authority = (Pousargues, 1894)
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Rodent]]ia
| familia = [[Nesomyidae]]
| genus = ''[[Steatomys]]''
| species = '''''S. opimus'''''
| binomial = ''Steatomys opimus''
| binomial_authority = (Pousargues, 1894)
}}
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'''Pousargues's African fat mouse''' (''Steatomys opimus'') is an extant species of [[rodent]] indigenous to the [[Central African Republic]], [[Cameroon]], and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. Given the distribution of the species throughout central Africa, the probability of a 'large population', and the security of its habitat, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) recognises ''S. opimus'' as stable.<ref name="iucn"/> Although the species is comparable in size to ''S. bocagei'', the former exhibits an extra, abdominal pair of teats. In comparison to ''S. pratensis'', ''S. opimus'' is significantly larger, while further comparison is necessary with ''S. jacksoni''.<ref name="msw3"/>
'''Pousargues's African fat mouse''' ('''''Steatomys opimus''''') is an extant species of [[rodent]] indigenous to the [[Central African Republic]], [[Cameroon]], and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. Given the distribution of the species throughout central Africa, the probability of a 'large population', and the security of its habitat, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) recognises ''S. opimus'' as stable.<ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021" /> Although the species is comparable in size to ''S. bocagei'', the former exhibits an extra, abdominal pair of teats. In comparison to ''S. pratensis'', ''S. opimus'' is significantly larger, while further comparison is necessary with ''S. jacksoni''.<ref name="msw3"/>

==See also==
*[[List of mammals of Cameroon]]
*[[List of mammals of the Central African Republic]]
*[[List of mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="iucn">{{IUCN|id=136513|taxon=Steatomys opimus|assessors=Hoffmann, M. and Cox, N.|assessment_year=2008|version=2012.1|accessdate=12 August 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="msw3">{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=D. E.|last2=Reeder|first2=D. M.|year=2005|title=Mammal Species of the World|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]|location=[[Baltimore]], [[Maryland|MD]]|isbn=978-0801882210|edition=3rd}}</ref>
<ref name="msw3">{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=D. E.|last2=Reeder|first2=D. M.|year=2005|title=Mammal Species of the World|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]|location=[[Baltimore]], [[Maryland|MD]]|isbn=978-0801882210|edition=3rd}}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:Animals described in 1894]]
[[Category:Mammals described in 1894]]
[[Category:Mammals of Cameroon]]
[[Category:Mammals of Cameroon]]
[[Category:Mammals of the Central African Republic]]
[[Category:Mammals of the Central African Republic]]
[[Category:Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:Steatomys]]

Latest revision as of 13:29, 13 February 2023

Pousargues's African fat mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Steatomys
Species:
S. opimus
Binomial name
Steatomys opimus
(Pousargues, 1894)

Pousargues's African fat mouse (Steatomys opimus) is an extant species of rodent indigenous to the Central African Republic, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Given the distribution of the species throughout central Africa, the probability of a 'large population', and the security of its habitat, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognises S. opimus as stable.[1] Although the species is comparable in size to S. bocagei, the former exhibits an extra, abdominal pair of teats. In comparison to S. pratensis, S. opimus is significantly larger, while further comparison is necessary with S. jacksoni.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hoffmann, M.; Cox, N.A. (2017). "Steatomys opimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T136513A22233848. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136513A22233848.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801882210.