Dasymys
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| Dasymys Fossil range: Late Pliocene to Recent |
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Dasymys alleni |
Dasymys is a genus of rodent in the Muridae family. It contains the following species:
- Glover Allen's Shaggy Rat (Dasymys alleni)
- Crawford-Cabral's Shaggy Rat (Dasymys cabrali)
- Fox's Shaggy Rat (Dasymys foxi)
- African Marsh Rat (Dasymys incomtus)
- Montane Shaggy Rat (Dasymys montanus)
- Angolan Marsh Rat (Dasymys nudipes)
- Dasymys robertsii
- West African Shaggy Rat (Dasymys rufulus)
- Rwandan Shaggy Rat (Dasymys rwandae)
- Dasymys shortridgei
- Tanzanian Shaggy Rat (Dasymys sua)
[edit] References
- 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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