Black-tailed tree rat
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| Black-tailed Tree Rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Thallomys |
| Species: | T. nigricauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Thallomys nigricauda Thomas, 1882 | |
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The Black-tailed Tree Rat (Thallomys nigricauda) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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., Coetzee, N. & Boitani, L. 2004. Thallomys nigricauda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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