Aethomys chrysophilus

(de Winton, 1897)

Red Rock Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Arvicanthini
Genus : Aethomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1897-04. On collections of rodents made by Mr. J. ffolliott Darling in Mashunaland and Mr. F. C. Selous in Matabeleland, with short field-notes by the collectors. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(4):798-808.

Original name as described

Mus chrysophilus

Other common names

Red Aethomys · Red Veld Aethomys · Red Veld Rat

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mazoe, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Botswana · Angola · Namibia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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