Loring's Rat

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Loring's Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Thallomys
Species: T. loringi
Binomial name
Thallomys loringi
(Heller, 1909)

Loring's Rat (Thallomys loringi) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

[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.
  • Schlitter, D. & Boitani, L. 2004. Thallomys loringi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.