Dasymys griseifrons
Osgood, 1936
Grayish-brown 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
Osgood, W.H. 1936-12-28. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 20(21):217-256.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778349Original name as described
Dasymys incomptus griseifrons
Other common names
Ethiopian Shaggy Rat · Grayish-brown Dasymys
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:28642
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
south-west side of Lake Tana, near Dungulbar, Gojjam, Ethiopia.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ethiopia
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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