Biology:African marsh rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
| African marsh rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Dasymys |
| Species: | D. incomtus
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| Dasymys incomtus (Sundevall, 1847)
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The African marsh rat or common dasymys[1] (Dasymys incomtus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa , South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Taylor, P.J. (2016). "Dasymys incomtus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T6269A115080446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T6269A22436584.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6269/115080446. Retrieved 27 November 2023.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1316. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001322.
Wikidata ☰ Q1763542 entry
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