Cape Dasymys
Dasymys capensis Roberts, 1936
Also calledDasymys du Cap (fra) · Kap-Wollhaarratte (deu) · sierściomysz przylądkowa (pol)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Presumably crepuscular and diurnal, like other members of genus. The Cape Shaggy Rats is semi-aquatic.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. Classified recently as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List regionally (South Africa) and therefore globally.
Muridae
description
Descriptive notes. Head-body 153 mm, tail 132 mm, ear 20 mm, hindfoot 35 mm; weight 111 g. Like all Dasymys, the Cape Shaggy Rat has fur soft, shaggy, long-haired, and reddish-brown. Tail is relatively short (86 % of head — body length).
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Dasymys capensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11442836.