Biology:Rwandan shaggy rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
Rwandan shaggy rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Dasymys |
Species: | D. rwandae
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Binomial name | |
Dasymys rwandae W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, E. Verheyen, 2003[1]
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The Rwandan shaggy rat (Dasymys rwandae) is a species of shaggy marsh rat endemic to north-western Rwanda, close to the Virunga Mountains.[2]
See also
- List of mammals of Rwanda
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verheyen, Walter N.; Hulselmans, Jan L. J.; Dierckx, Theo; Colyn, Marc; Leirs, Herwig; Verheyen, Erik (2003). "A craniometric and genetic approach to the systematics of the genus Dasymys Peters, 1875, selection of a neotype and description of three new taxa (Rodentia, Muridae, Africa)". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie (73): 27–71.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds (16 November 2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. p. 1315. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=YnYED-YG0ZYC. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
Wikidata ☰ Q2317819 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan shaggy rat.
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