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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