Namaqua Rock Rat

Namaqua Rock Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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 Michaelamys. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, rocky areas, hot deserts, temperate desert, rocky shores, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.

References

1. ^ Coetzee, N., Griffin, M. & Taylor, P.J. (2008). Aethomys namaquensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 8 February 2009.
2. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001524.