Species of rodent
Namaqua rock rat |
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Feeding on nectar |
Conservation status |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/220px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png) Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Aethomys |
Species: | A. namaquensis |
Binomial name |
Aethomys namaquensis
(A. Smith, 1834) |
Synonyms |
Micaelamys namaquensis |
The Namaqua rock rat (Aethomys namaquensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is sometimes included in the genus Micaelamys. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, rocky areas, hot desert, temperate desert, rocky shores, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.[1]
Parasites include the chigger species: Afropolonia tgifi, Gahrliepia nana, Acomatacarus thallomyia, Hyracarus lawrencei, Herpetacarus aethomys, Herpetacarus longispinus, and Zumptrombicula misonnei.[3]
References
- ^ a b Coetzee, N.; Griffin, M. & Taylor, P.J. (2008). "Aethomys namaquensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. (2018). "Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (395): 11, 17. doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.395.
Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)
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Aethomys Division | Aethomys (Bush rats) | - Bocage's rock rat (A. bocagei)
- red rock rat (A. chrysophilus)
- Grant's rock mouse (A. (Micaelamys) granti)
- Hinde's rock rat (A. hindei)
- Tete veld aethomys (A. ineptus)
- Kaiser's rock rat (A. kaiseri)
- Namaqua rock rat (A. (Micaelamys) namaquensis)
- Nyika rock rat (A. nyikae)
- Selinda veld rat (A. silindensis)
- Tinfields rock rat (A. stannarius)
- Thomas's rock rat (A. thomasi)
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Apodemus Division | Apodemus (Old world field mice) | - striped field mouse (A. agrarius)
- Alpine field mouse (A. alpicola)
- small Japanese field mouse (A. argenteus)
- A. avicennicus
- Chevrier's field mouse (A. chevrieri)
- South China field mouse (A. draco)
- Western broad-toothed field mouse (A. epimelas)
- yellow-necked mouse (A. flavicollis)
- Himalayan field mouse (A. gurkha)
- Caucasus field mouse (A. hyrcanicus)
- Sichuan field mouse (A. latronum)
- Eastern broad-toothed field mouse (A. mystacinus)
- Ward's field mouse (A. pallipes)
- Korean field mouse (A. peninsulae)
- Black Sea field mouse (A. ponticus)
- Kashmir field mouse (A. rusiges)
- Taiwan field mouse (A. semotus)
- large Japanese field mouse (A. speciosus)
- wood mouse (A. sylvaticus)
- Ural field mouse (A. uralensis )
- Steppe field mouse (A. witherbyi)
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Tokudaia (Ryukyu spiny rats) | - Muennink's spiny rat (T. muenninki)
- Ryukyu spiny rat (T. osimensis)
- Tokunoshima spiny rat (T. tokunoshimensis)
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Arvicanthis Division | Arvicanthis (Unstriped grass mice) | - Abyssinian grass rat (A. abyssinicus)
- Sudanian grass rat (A. ansorgei)
- Blick's grass rat (A. blicki)
- Nairobi grass rat (A. nairobae)
- Neumann's grass rat (A. neumanni)
- African grass rat (A. niloticus)
- Guinean grass rat (A. rufinus)
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Desmomys | - Harrington's rat (D. harringtoni)
- Yalden's rat (D. yaldeni)
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Lemniscomys (Striped grass mice) | - Barbary striped grass mouse (L. barbarus)
- Bellier's striped grass mouse (L. bellieri)
- Griselda's striped grass mouse (L. griselda)
- Hoogstraal's striped grass mouse (L. hoogstraali)
- Senegal one-striped grass mouse (L. linulus)
- Buffoon striped grass mouse (L. macculus)
- Mittendorf's striped grass mouse (L. mittendorfi)
- single-striped grass mouse (L. rosalia)
- Rosevear's striped grass mouse (L. roseveari)
- typical striped grass mouse (L. striatus)
- Heuglin's striped grass mouse (L. zebra)
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Mylomys | - African groove-toothed rat (M. dybowskii)
- Ethiopian mylomys (M. rex)
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Pelomys (Groove-toothed creek rats) | - Bell groove-toothed swamp rat (P. campanae)
- Creek groove-toothed swamp rat (P. fallax)
- Hopkins's groove-toothed swamp rat (P. hopkinsi)
- Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat (P. isseli)
- least groove-toothed swamp rat (P. minor)
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Rhabdomys | - mesic four-striped grass rat (R. dilectus)
- four-striped grass mouse (R. pumilio)
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Chrotomys Division | Apomys | - Luzon Cordillera forest mouse (A. abrae)
- Luzon Aurora forest mouse (A. aurorae)
- Mount Banahaw forest mouse (A. banahao)
- Mount Tapulao forest mouse (A. brownorum)
- Camiguin forest mouse (A. camiguinensis)
- Luzon montane forest mouse (A. datae)
- large Mindoro forest mouse (A. gracilirostris)
- Mount Apo forest mouse (A. hylocoetes)
- Mindanao montane forest mouse (A. insignis)
- Mount Irid forest mouse (A. iridensis)
- Mindanao lowland forest mouse (A. littoralis)
- Lubang forest mouse (A. lubangensis)
- Luzon giant forest mouse (A. magnus)
- small Luzon forest mouse (A. microdon)
- Mount Mingan forest mouse (A. minganensis)
- least forest mouse (A. musculus)
- long-nosed Luzon forest mouse (A. sacobianus)
- Sierra Madre forest mouse (A. sierrae)
- Luzon Zambales forest mouse (A. zambalensis)
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Archboldomys | - Mount Isarog shrew-mouse (A. luzonensis)
- Large Cordillera shrew-mouse (A. maximus)
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Soricomys | |
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Chrotomys (Luzon striped rats) | - Isarog striped shrew-rat (C. gonzalesi)
- Mindoro striped rat (C. mindorensis)
- Sibuyan striped shrew-rat (C. sibuyanensis)
- blazed Luzon shrew-rat (C. silaceus)
- Luzon striped rat (C. whiteheadi)
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Rhynchomys (Shrewlike rats) | - Banahao shrew-rat (R. banahao)
- Isarog shrew-rat (R. isarogensis)
- Labo shrew-rat (R. labo)
- Mingan shrew-rat (R. mingan)
- Mount Data shrew-rat (R. soricoides)
- Tapulao shrew-rat (R. tapulao)
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- See also
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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Taxon identifiers |
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Micaelamys namaquensis | |
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