Nyika rock rat
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Aethomys |
Species: | A. nyikae
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Binomial name | |
Aethomys nyikae (Thomas, 1897)
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The Nyika rock rat (Aethomys nyikae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae[2] found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.
References
[edit]- ^ Boitani, L. (2008). "Aethomys nyikae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
- ^ 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. p. 1257. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.