Kaiser's rock rat

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Kaiser's rock rat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Aethomys
Species:
A. kaiseri
Binomial name
Aethomys kaiseri
(Noack, 1887)

Kaiser's rock rat (Aethomys kaiseri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae [2] found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Aethomys kaiseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T572A115050664. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T572A22458092.en . Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.