Harrington's Rat

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Harrington's Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Desmomys
Species: D. harringtoni
Binomial name
Desmomys harringtoni
(Thomas, 1902)

Harrington's Rat (Desmomys harringtoni) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

[edit] References

  • Lavrenchenko, L. 2004. Desmomys harringtoni. 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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