Dasymys alleni
B. Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953
Glover Allen's Shaggy 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 | : Dasymys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Lawrence, B. and Loveridge, A. 1953. Mammals from Nyasaland and Tete. With notes on the genus Otomys. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 110(1):1-80.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2817496Original name as described
Dasymys incomtus alleni
Other common names
Glover Allen's Dasymys
Type material
MCZ:Mamm:26322
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:26322Type locality
"Ilolo, Rungwe Mountain, Tanganyika Territory [= Tanzania]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Tanzania
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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