Thallomys nigricauda

(O. Thomas, 1882)

Black-tailed Thallomys

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Arvicanthini
Genus : Thallomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1882-06. On a small collection of rodents from south-western Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(1):265-267.

Original name as described

Mus nigricauda

Other common names

Black-tailed Rat · Black-tailed Tree Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1881.3.8.7

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Hountop [= Hudup or Hutop] R[iver]., [west of Gideon], Great Namaqualand," Namibia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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