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Southern Giant Pouched Rat
The southern giant pouched rat (''Cricetomys ansorgei'') is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is distributed in the savannah of East and Southern Africa. Synonyms A large number of synonyms have been noted for this species. They include: * ''Cricetomys adventor'' Thomas and Wroughton, 1907 * ''Cricetomys cosensi'' Hinton, 1919 * ''Cricetomys cunctator'' Thomas and Wroughton, 1908 * ''Cricetomys elgonis'' Thomas, 1910 * ''Cricetomys enguvi'' Heller, 1912 * ''Cricetomys haagneri'' Roberts, 1926 * ''Cricetomys kenyensis'' Osgood, 1910 * ''Cricetomys luteus'' Dollman, 1911 * ''Cricetomys microtis'' Lönnberg, 1917 * ''Cricetomys osgoodi'' Heller, 1912 * ''Cricetomys raineyi'' Heller, 1912 * ''Cricetomys selindensis'' Roberts, 1946 * ''Cricetomys vaughanjonesi'' St. Leger, 1937 * ''Cricetomys viator'' Thomas, 1904 Distribution The southern giant pouched rat is widely distributed in mainly tropical regions of southern Africa, notably Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldfield Thomas
Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist. Career Thomas worked at the Natural History Museum on mammals, describing about 2,000 new species and subspecies for the first time. He was appointed to the museum secretary's office in 1876, transferring to the zoological department in 1878. In 1891, Thomas married Mary Kane, daughter of Sir Andrew Clark, heiress to a small fortune, which gave him the finances to hire mammal collectors and present their specimens to the museum. He also did field work himself in Western Europe and South America. His wife shared his interest in natural history, and accompanied him on collecting trips. In 1896, when William Henry Flower took control of the department, he hired Richard Lydekker to rearrange the exhibitions, allowing Thomas to concentrate on these new specimens. Thomas viewed his taxonomy efforts from the scope of British imperialism. "You and I in our scientific lives have seen th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |