The African groove-toothed rat or mill rat[1] (Mylomys dybowskii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
African groove-toothed rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Mylomys |
Species: | M. dybowskii
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Binomial name | |
Mylomys dybowskii (Pousargues, 1893)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Mylomys lowei Hayman, 1936 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Mylomys dybowskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42670A115200162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42670A22460083.en. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.