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Common rufous-nosed rat

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Common rufous-nosed rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Oenomys
Species:
O. hypoxanthus
Binomial name
Oenomys hypoxanthus
(Pucheran, 1855)

The common rufous-nosed rat (Oenomys hypoxanthus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

References

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  1. ^ Dieterlen, F.; Kerbis Peterhans, J.; Agwanda, B. (2008). "Oenomys hypoxanthus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T15164A4497914. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T15164A4497914.en.