Bocage's rock rat

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Bocage's rock rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Aethomys
Species: A. bocagei
Binomial name
Aethomys bocagei
(Thomas, 1904)

Bocage's rock rat (Aethomys bocagei) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna.

References

  1. Boitani, L. (2008). Aethomys bocagei. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
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