| Steatomys | |
|---|---|
 Fat Mouse (Steatomys pratensis) | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Nesomyidae Dendromurinae |
| Genus | Steatomys |
Steatomys or fat mice, is a genus of nesomyids in the Nesomyidae family.
Species[]
It contains the following species:
Bocage's African Fat Mouse (Thomas, 1892) (Steatomys bocagei) Northwestern Fat Mouse (Thomas, 1912) (Steatomys caurinus) Dainty Fat Mouse (Thomas & Hinton, 1920) (Steatomys cuppedius) Jackson's Fat Mouse (Hayman, 1936) (Steatomys jacksoni) Kreb's Fat Mouse (Peters, 1852) (Steatomys krebsii) Pousargues's African Fat Mouse (Pousargues, 1894) (Steatomys opimus) Tiny Fat Mouse (Rhoads, 1896) (Steatomys parvus) Fat Mouse (Peters, 1846) (Steatomys pratensis)