Glover Allen's dasymys

Glover Allen's dasymys (Glover Allen's shaggy rat or Dasymys alleni) is a species of shaggy marsh rat described in 1953, and indigenous to Mount Rungwe in south-western Tanzania.[2] Contemporary studies of the taxonomy diverge, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature recognising D. alleni as a subspecies of the more widespread D. incomtus, whereas Wilson and Reeder observe the reinstatement of the species as unique in Mammal Species of the World.[3] In their recent analysis, Verheyen et al. describe the distribution of D. alleni as encompassing the Eastern Arc Mountains and the mountainous, volcanic regions around Lake Tanganyika, and potentially the Marungu highlands, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[4]
Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeDasymysBinomial nameshaggy marsh ratMount RungweTanzaniaInternational Union for Conservation of NatureD. incomtusMammal Species of the WorldEastern Arc MountainsLake TanganyikaMarungu highlandsDemocratic Republic of the CongoList of mammals of TanzaniaIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesAmsterdamMurinaeChordateEuarchontogliresAfrican 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)Crawford-Cabral's shaggy rat (D. cabrali)Fox's shaggy rat (D. foxi)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)WikidataWikispeciesOpen Tree of Life