Black-tailed tree rat

Black-tailed tree rat
Juvenile
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Thallomys
Species:	T. nigricauda
Binomial name
Thallomys nigricauda Thomas, 1882
Synonyms[1]
bradfieldi Roberts, 1933 damarensis (De Winton, 1897) davisi Lundholm, 1955 herero Thomas, 1926 kalaharicus (Dollman, 1911) leuconoe Thomas, 1926 molopensis Roberts, 1933 nitela Thomas and Hinton, 1923 quissamae F. Petter and Beaufort, 1960 robertsi (Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, and Hayman, 1953)

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.

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References

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
• Taylor, P., Coetzee, N. & Boitani, L. 2004. Thallomys nigricauda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.