African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys) are native to tropical Africa, where they range from Senegal and Gambia east across West Africa and the Congo Basin to the Indian Ocean coast of East Africa. Ecological niche models show that Cricetomys species differ in their invasive potential. Although neither of the presently recognized Cricetomys species appears to have genuinely broad distributional potential in North America, models predict that C. emini would have extremely restricted distributional potential, whereas C. gambianus would have a broader potential across the southeastern United States.
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1 June 2006
NATIVE-RANGE ECOLOGY AND INVASIVE POTENTIAL OF CRICETOMYS IN NORTH AMERICA
A. Townsend Peterson,
Monica Papeş,
Mary G. Reynolds,
Neil D. Perry,
Britta Hanson,
Russell L. Regnery,
Christina L. Hutson,
Britta Muizniek,
Inger K. Damon,
Darin S. Carroll
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African giant pouched rat
Cricetomys
ecological niche modeling
Genetic Algorithm for Rule-set Prediction
invasive species
rodent ecology
