Robert's shaggy rat

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Robert's shaggy rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Dasymys
Species:
D. robertsii
Binomial name
Dasymys robertsii
Mullin, Taylor & Pillay, 2004

Robert's shaggy rat (Dasymys robertsii) is a species of rodent in the genus Dasymys that lives in South Africa. It was described in 2004.

References

  • Mullin, SK, Taylor, PJ & Pillay, N. 2004. Skull size and shape of Dasymys (Rodentia, Muridae) from sub-Saharan Africa. Mammalia 68 (2-3) :185-220.
  • Verheyen, W., Hulselmans, JLJ, Dierckx, T., Colyn, M., Leirs, H. & Verheyen, E. 2003. A craniometric and genetic approach to the systematics of the genus Dasymys Peters, 1875 and the description of three new taxa (Rodentia, Muridae, Africa). Bulletin of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences 73:27-71.