Cansdale's Swamp Rat

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Cansdale's Swamp Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Malacomys
Species: M. cansdalei
Binomial name
Malacomys cansdalei
Ansell, 1958

Cansdale's Swamp Rat (Malacomys cansdalei) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and possibly Liberia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

[edit] References

  • Boitani, L. 2004. Malacomys cansdalei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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