Ivory Coast Rat

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Ivory Coast Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Dephomys Species: D. eburneae
Binomial name
Dephomys eburneae (Heim de Balsac & Bellier, 1967)

The Ivory Coast Rat (Dephomys eburneae) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, possibly Ghana, and Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

[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.
• Taylor, P. 2004. Dephomys eburnea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.