Hinde's rock rat
Hinde's rock rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Aethomys |
Species: | A. hindei
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Binomial name | |
Aethomys hindei (Thomas, 1902)
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Hinde's rock rat (Aethomys hindei) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae[2] found in Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References[]
- ^ Agwanda, B. (2008). "Aethomys hindei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
- ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Aethomys
- Rodents of Africa
- Mammals described in 1902
- Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
- Murinae stubs