West African shaggy rat
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D. rufulus
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| Dasymys rufulus Miller, 1900
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The West African shaggy rat (Dasymys rufulus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Boitani, L. 2004. Dasymys rufulus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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