Big-eared Swamp Rat

Big-eared Swamp Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Malacomys
Species:	M. longipes
Binomial name
Malacomys longipes Milne-Edwards, 1877

The Big-eared Swamp Rat (Malacomys longipes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Van der Straeten, E. & Dieterlen, F. 2004. Malacomys longipes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.