Fox's shaggy rat
Fox's shaggy rat (Dasymys foxi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Nigeria.Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swampland, and plantations.It is threatened by habitat loss.This Murinae article is a stub.
Conservation statusData DeficientIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeDasymysBinomial nameThomasrodentNigeriahabitatssavannagrasslandswamplandplantationshabitat lossIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesMusser, G. G.Wilson, D. E.MurinaeChordateEuarchontogliresAfrican wading rat (C. goslingi)Ethiopian amphibious rat (N. plumbeus)ZelotomysHildegarde's broad-headed mouse (Z. hildegardeae)Woosnam's broad-headed mouse (Z. woosnami)CrunomysCelebes shrew-rat (C. celebensis)Northern Luzon shrew-rat (C. fallax)Mindanao shrew-rat (C. melanius)Katanglad shrew-mouse (C. suncoides)SommeromysSommer's Sulawesi rat (S. macrorhinos)Mindoro climbing rat (A. mindorensis)Fea's tree rat (C. chiropus)Millard's rat (D. millardi)LeopoldamysSundaic mountain leopoldamys (L. ciliatus)Diwangkara's long-tailed giant rat (L. diwangkarai)Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (L. edwardsi)Millet's leopoldamys (L. milleti)Neill's long-tailed giant rat (L. neilli)Long-tailed giant rat (L. sabanus)Mentawai long-tailed giant rat (L. siporanus)NiviventerAnderson's white-bellied rat (N. andersoni)Brahma white-bellied rat (N. brahma)Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat (N. cameroni)Chinese white-bellied rat (N. confucianus)Coxing's white-bellied rat (N. coninga)Dark-tailed tree rat (N. cremoriventer)Oldfield white-bellied rat (N. culturatus)Smoke-bellied rat (N. eha)Large white-bellied rat (N. excelsior)Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat (N. fraternus)Chestnut white-bellied rat (N. fulvescens)Limestone rat (N. hinpoon)Lang Bian white-bellied rat (N. langbianis)Narrow-tailed white-bellied rat (N. lepturus)White-bellied rat (N. niviventer)Long-tailed mountain rat (N. rapit)Tenasserim white-bellied rat (N. tenaster)SaxatilomysPaulina's limestone rat (S. paulinae)Ohiya rat (S. ohiensis)TonkinomysDaovantien's limestone rat (T. daovantieni)Glover Allen's dasymys (D. alleni)Crawford-Cabral's shaggy rat (D. cabrali)African marsh rat (D. incomtus)Montane shaggy rat (D. montanus)Angolan marsh rat (D. nudipes)Robert's shaggy rat (D. robertsii)West African shaggy rat (D. rufulus)Rwandan shaggy rat (D. rwandae)Tanzanian shaggy rat (D. sua)EchiothrixCentral Sulawesi echiothrix (E. centrosa)Northern Sulawesi echiothrix (E. leucura)Indian bush rat (G. ellioti)WikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistOpen Tree of Life