Kemp's Thicket Rat

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Kemp's Thicket Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Thamnomys
Species: T. kempi
Binomial name
Thamnomys kempi
Dollman, 1911

Kemp's Thicket Rat (Thamnomys kempi) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

  • Dieterlen, F. 2004. Thamnomys kempi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 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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