Dasymys sua
W. N. Verheyen, J. L. J. Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, & E. Verheyen, 2003
Tanzanian 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
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 sua
Other common names
Sua Dasymys · Sua Shaggy Rat · Tanzanian Dasymys
Type material
RMCA 1996.037-M-3143
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
on the flanks of the Uluguru Range (Kitunda Forest), near Morogoro, Mbete, E Tanzania.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Tanzania
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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