Kipanya Mnono

Kipanya mnono
Kipanya mnono wa Krebs (Steatomys krebsii) aliyekufa
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Mamalia (Wanyama wenye viwele wanaonyonyesha wadogo wao) Oda: Rodentia (Wagugunaji) Nusuoda: Myomorpha (Wanyama kama panya) Familia: Nesomyidae (Wanyama walio na mnasaba na buku) Forsyth Major, 1897 Nusufamilia: Dendromurinae (Wanyama wanaofanana na vipanya-miti) Alston, 1876 Jenasi: Steatomys Peters, 1846
Ngazi za chini
Spishi 8: S. bocagei (Thomas, 1892) S. caurinus (Thomas, 1912) S. cuppedius Thomas & Hinton, 1920 S. jacksoni Hayman, 1936 S. krebsii Peters, 1852 S. opimus (Pousargues, 1894) S. parvus Rhoads, 1896 S. pratensis Peters, 1846

Vipanya wanono ni wanyama wadogo wa jenasi Steatomys katika nusufamilia Denromurinae wa familia Nesomyidae ambao wanafanana na vipanya, lakini vipanya wa kweli ni wanafamilia wa Muridae. Spishi zote zinatokea mahali pengi pa Afrika kusini kwa Sahara, katika maneneo ya manyasi hasa. Rangi yao ni kijivu hadi kahawia, lakini tumbo ni jeupe. Vipanya hawa ni wafupi na wanono; mkia una urefu sawa kuliko mwili. Mwili wao una hazina kubwa za mafuta. Kwa hivyo huliwa sana mahali pengi pa Afrika. Kinyume na vipanya-miti vipanya wanono huishi ardhini hasa.

Spishi

• Steatomys bocagei, Kipanya Mnono wa Bocage (Bocage's African Fat Mouse)
• Steatomys caurinus, Kipanya Mnono Magharibi (Northwestern Fat Mouse)
• Steatomys cuppedius, Kipanya Mnono Mdogo (Dainty Fat Mouse)
• Steatomys jacksoni, Kipanya Mnono wa Jackson (Jackson's Fat Mouse)
• Steatomys krebsii, Kipanya Mnono wa Krebs (Krebs's Fat Mouse)
• Steatomys opimus, Kipanya Mnono wa Pousargues (Pousargues's African Fat Mouse)
• Steatomys parvus, Kipanya Mnono Kibete (Tiny Fat Mouse)
• Steatomys pratensis, Kipanya Mnono Nyika (Fat Mouse)

References

• Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press Limited, London.
• 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.
• Steppan, S. J., R. A. Adkins, and J. Anderson. 2004. Phylogeny and divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes. Systematic Biology, 53:533-553.