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Shaggy rat

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Shaggy rat may refer to:

  • Crawford-Cabral's shaggy rat or Crawford-Cabral's shaggy marsh rat (Dasymys cabrali), species of shaggy marsh rat endemic to north-eastern Namibia
  • Fox's shaggy rat (Dasymys foxi), species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Nigeria
  • Glover Allen's Shaggy rat, or Glover Allen's shaggy rat (Dasymys alleni), a species of shaggy marsh rat indigenous to Mount Rungwe in south-western Tanzania
  • Montane shaggy rat (Dasymys montanus), species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Uganda and possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Robert's shaggy rat (Dasymys robertsii), species of rodent in the genus Dasymys that lives in South Africa
  • Rwandan shaggy rat (Dasymys rwandae), species of shaggy marsh rat endemic to north-western Rwanda
  • Tanzanian shaggy rat (Dasymys sua), species of shaggy marsh rat endemic to eastern Tanzania
  • West African shaggy rat (Dasymys rufulus), species of rodent in the family Muridae

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