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Tanzanian shaggy rat






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Tanzanian shaggy rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Dasymys
Species:
D. sua
Binomial name
Dasymys sua

W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, E. Verheyen, 2003[1]

The Tanzanian shaggy rat (Dasymys sua) is a species of shaggy marsh rat endemic to eastern Tanzania, near the Uluguru Mountains.[2]

Description[edit]

Covered in soft, shaggy, reddish to brown fur. Broad shaped head with a short muzzle. Rounded ears with a distinct furriness to the interior. Tail is shorter than the head to body length.

Habitat[edit]

Dasymys sua thrives in marshes and other wetlands.

Behavior[edit]

Dasymys sua is nocturnal, similar to other members of its genus.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Data related to Dasymys sua at Wikispecies

  1. ^ a b 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.
  • ^ a b 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. Retrieved 31 August 2013.


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