Thallomys
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| Thallomys | |
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| Black-tailed tree rat (Thallomys nigricauda) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Arvicanthini |
| Genus: | Thallomys Thomas, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Mus nigricauda Thomas, 1882
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| Species | |
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Thallomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.[1] It contains four species:
- Loring's rat (Thallomys loringi)
- Black-tailed tree rat (Thallomys nigricauda)
- Acacia rat (Thallomys paedulcus)
- Shortridge's rat (Thallomys shortridgei)
References
- ^ Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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- Thallomys
- Rodent genera
- Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas