Black-Tailed Tree Rat

Taxobox
name = Black-tailed Tree Rat
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Thallomys"
species = "T. nigricauda"
binomial = "Thallomys nigricauda"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1882
synonyms = The Black-tailed Tree Rat ("Thallomys nigricauda") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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.
* Taylor, P., Coetzee, N. & Boitani, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21691/all Thallomys nigricauda] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.