Rwandan shaggy rat
| Rwandan shaggy rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Dasymys |
| Species: | D. rwandae |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasymys rwandae W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, E. Verheyen, 2003[1] | |
The Rwandan shaggy rat (Dasymys rwandae) is a species of shaggy marsh rat endemic to north-western Rwanda, close to the Virunga Mountains.[2]
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Wikispecies has an entry on: Dasymys rwandae. |
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- 1 2 3 4 Verheyen, Walter N.; Hulselmans, Jan L. J.,; Dierckx, Theo; Colyn, Marc; Leirs, Herwig; Verheyen, Erik (2003). "A craniometric and genetic approach to the systematics of the genus Dasymys Peters, 1875, selection of a neotype and description of three new taxa (Rodentia, Muridae, Africa)". Bulletin de L’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie (73): 27–71.
- 1 2 3 4 Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (16 November 2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. p. 1315. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
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