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Species of rodent

Kaiser's rock rat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Aethomys
Species: A. kaiseri
Binomial name
Aethomys kaiseri
(Noack, 1887)

Kaiser's rock rat (Aethomys kaiseri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. Corti, M. & Agwanda, B. (2008). "Aethomys kaiseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
  2. 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.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)
Aethomys
Division
Aethomys
(Bush rats)
Apodemus
Division
Apodemus
(Old world
field mice)
Tokudaia
(Ryukyu spiny rats)
Arvicanthis
Division
Arvicanthis
(Unstriped
grass mice)
Desmomys
Lemniscomys
(Striped
grass mice)
Mylomys
Pelomys
(Groove-toothed
creek rats)
Rhabdomys
Chrotomys
Division
Apomys
Archboldomys
Soricomys
Chrotomys
(Luzon
striped rats)
Rhynchomys
(Shrewlike rats)
See also
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Aethomys kaiseri


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