Acacia Thallomys

Taxobox
name = Acacia Rat

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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Thallomys"
species = "T. paedulcus"
binomial = "Thallomys paedulcus"
binomial_authority = (Sundevall, 1846)
synonyms = The Acacia Rat ("Thallomys paedulcus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

* Taylor, P. & Boitani, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21692/all Thallomys paedulcus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
*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.