What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Emin's pouched rat been recorded?

Cricetomys emini occurrence evidence comes from 234 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1931 to 2024. Most records come from Uganda.

MammaliaRodentiaNesomyidaeCricetomys

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

234 records across 14 countries and territories, 1931–2024.

Cricetomys emini · GBIF taxon key 2438551

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: November.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Emin's pouched rat has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Emin's pouched rat. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Uganda 73
Central African Republic 45
Sierra Leone 21
Burundi 20
Ghana 20
Côte d'Ivoire 15
Cameroon 15
DR Congo 8
Liberia 8
Benin 3
Guinea 3
Gabon 1
Equatorial Guinea 1
United States 1

Related animals

Others in the family Nesomyidae.

Gambian Rat
Gambian Rat
693 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.