Species of rodent
African marsh rat |
Conservation status |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/220px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png) Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Dasymys |
Species: | D. incomtus |
Binomial name |
Dasymys incomtus
(Sundevall, 1847) |
Synonyms[1] |
- Dasymys alleni Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953
- Dasymys cabrali W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs & E. Verheyen, 2003
- Dasymys rwandae W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs & E. Verheyen, 2003
- Dasymys sua W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs & E. Verheyen, 2003
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The African marsh rat or common dasymys[1] (Dasymys incomtus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.
References
- ^ a b c Taylor, P.J. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Dasymys incomtus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6269A115080446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T6269A22436584.en. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- 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. p. 1316. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (Colomys–Golunda)
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Colomys Division | Colomys | - African wading rat (C. goslingi)
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Nilopegamys | - Ethiopian amphibious rat (N. plumbeus)
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Zelotomys (Stink mice) | - Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse (Z. hildegardeae)
- Woosnam's broad-headed mouse (Z. woosnami)
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Crunomys Division | Crunomys | - Celebes shrew-rat (C. celebensis)
- Northern Luzon shrew-rat (C. fallax)
- Mindanao shrew-rat (C. melanius)
- Katanglad shrew-mouse (C. suncoides)
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Sommeromys | - Sommer's Sulawesi rat (S. macrorhinos)
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Dacnomys Division | Anonymomys | - Mindoro climbing rat (A. mindorensis)
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Chiromyscus | - Fea's tree rat (C. chiropus)
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Dacnomys | - Millard's rat (D. millardi)
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Leopoldamys (Long-tailed giant rats) | - Sundaic mountain leopoldamys (L. ciliatus)
- Diwangkara's long-tailed giant rat (L. diwangkarai)
- Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (L. edwardsi)
- Millet's leopoldamys (L. milleti)
- Neill's long-tailed giant rat (L. neilli)
- Long-tailed giant rat (L. sabanus)
- Mentawai long-tailed giant rat (L. siporanus)
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Niviventer (White-bellied rats) | - Anderson's white-bellied rat (N. andersoni)
- Brahma white-bellied rat (N. brahma)
- Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat (N. cameroni)
- Chinese white-bellied rat (N. confucianus)
- Coxing's white-bellied rat (N. coninga)
- Dark-tailed tree rat (N. cremoriventer)
- Oldfield white-bellied rat (N. culturatus)
- Smoke-bellied rat (N. eha)
- Large white-bellied rat (N. excelsior)
- Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat (N. fraternus)
- Chestnut white-bellied rat (N. fulvescens)
- Limestone rat (N. hinpoon)
- Lang Bian white-bellied rat (N. langbianis)
- Narrow-tailed white-bellied rat (N. lepturus)
- Hainan white-bellied rat (N. lotipes)
- White-bellied rat (N. niviventer)
- Long-tailed mountain rat (N. rapit)
- Tenasserim white-bellied rat (N. tenaster)
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Saxatilomys | - Paulina's limestone rat (S. paulinae)
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Srilankamys | |
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Tonkinomys | - Daovantien's limestone rat (T. daovantieni)
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Dasymys Division | Dasymys (Shaggy swamp rats) | - Glover Allen's dasymys (D. alleni)
- Crawford-Cabral's shaggy rat (D. cabrali)
- Fox's shaggy rat (D. foxi)
- African marsh rat (D. incomtus)
- Montane shaggy rat (D. montanus)
- Angolan marsh rat (D. nudipes)
- Robert's shaggy rat (D. robertsii)
- West African shaggy rat (D. rufulus)
- Rwandan shaggy rat (D. rwandae)
- D. shortridgei
- Tanzanian shaggy rat (D. sua)
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Echiothrix Division | Echiothrix | - Central Sulawesi echiothrix (E. centrosa)
- Northern Sulawesi echiothrix (E. leucura)
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Golunda Division | Golunda | - Indian bush rat (G. ellioti)
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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