Fox's shaggy rat
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| Fox's shaggy rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Dasymys |
| Species: | D. foxi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasymys foxi Thomas, 1912
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Fox's shaggy rat (Dasymys foxi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Nigeria. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swampland, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Kennerley, R.; Taylor, P. (2017). "Dasymys foxi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T6268A22436384. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T6268A22436384.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1315–1316. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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