Shortridge's Rat

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Shortridge's Rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Thallomys Species: T. shortridgei
Binomial name
Thallomys shortridgei Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Shortridge's Rat (Thallomys shortridgei) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

[edit] References

• Boitani, L. & Taylor, P. 2004. Thallomys shortridgei. 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.