Ivory Coast rat
Species of rodent
Ivory Coast rat | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Dephomys |
Species: | D. eburneae |
Binomial name | |
Dephomys eburneae (Heim de Balsac & Bellier, 1967) |
The Ivory Coast rat (Dephomys eburneae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, possibly Ghana, and Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swampland.
References
- 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. 1319. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Taylor, P. 2004. Dephomys eburnea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Hadromys–Maxomys)
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Hadromys (Manipur bush rat) |
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Dephomys (Defua rats) |
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Hybomys (Hump-nosed mice) |
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Stochomys |
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Baiyankamys |
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Crossomys |
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Hydromys (Water rats) |
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Microhydromys |
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Paraleptomys |
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Lorentzimys |
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Malacomys (Big-eared swamp rats) |
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Maxomys (Rajah rats) |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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