Tanzanian shaggy rat
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Species of rodent
| Tanzanian shaggy rat | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Dasymys |
| Species: | D. sua
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasymys sua W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, E. Verheyen, 2003[1]
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The Tanzanian shaggy rat (Dasymys sua) is a species of shaggy marsh rat endemic to eastern Tanzania, near the Uluguru Mountains.[2]
Description
[edit ]Covered in soft, shaggy, reddish to brown fur. Broad shaped head with a short muzzle. Rounded ears with a distinct furriness to the interior. Tail is shorter than the head to body length.
Habitat
[edit ]Dasymys sua thrives in marshes and other wetlands.
Behavior
[edit ]Dasymys sua is nocturnal, similar to other members of its genus.
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]Data related to Dasymys sua at Wikispecies
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
