Dasymys cabrali
W. N. Verheyen, J. L. J. Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, & E. Verheyen, 2003
Crawford-Cabral'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
Authority citation
Verheyen, W.N., Hulselmans, J.L.J., Dierckx, T., Colyn, M., Leirs, H. and Verheyen, E. 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.
Original name as described
Dasymys cabrali
Other common names
Cabral's Dasymys · Cabral's Shaggy Rat · Crawford-Cabral's Dasymys
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1935.9.1.662
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
near the Okavango River (Omatoka Junction), Groot Fontein District, NE Namibia.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Angola · Namibia · Botswana
Taxonomy notes
includes the recently described shortridgei
Taxonomy notes citation
Mullin, S. K., Pillay, N., & Taylor, P. J. (2004). Skull size and shape of Dasymys (Rodentia, Muridae) from sub-Saharan Africa. Mammalia, 68(2-3), 185-220. · Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Denys, C., & Cotterill, F. P. (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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