Dasymys capensis
A. Roberts, 1936
Cape 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
Authority citation
Roberts, A. 1936-02-21. New South African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 18:253-254.
Original name as described
Dasymys incomtus capensis
Other common names
Cape Dasymys
Type material
TM 7443
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
La Plisante, Wolseley, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
South Africa
Taxonomy notes
split from D. incomtus
Taxonomy notes citation
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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