Dasymys rufulus

G. S. Miller, 1900

West African 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1900-12-28. A collection of small mammals from Mount Coffee, Liberia. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:631-649.

Original name as described

Dasymys rufulus

Other common names

Rufous Dasymys · Rufous Shaggy Rat · West African Dasymys

Type material

USNM:MAMM:83844

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mt Coffee, Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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