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GBIF·2438170speciesAnimalia144 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusAethomys
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Bocage's Aethomys

Aethomys bocagei (Thomas, 1904)

Also calledAethomys de Bocage (fra) · Bocage-Buschlandratte (deu) · Bocage-Buschratte (deu) · Rat des rochers de Bocage (fra) · angolankalliorotta (fin) · krysa angolská (ces) · sawannik angolski (pol) · Ангольская крыса (rus) · アンゴラヤブネズミ (jpn)

First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.13 p.416

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: Morphology very similar to A. silindensis (see that account). Apparently uncommon (Crawford-Cabral, 1998).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

Distribution: Recorded only from NW Angola (Crawford-Cabral, 1998) where it occurs in savannas interspersed with forest; geographic boundaries unresolved.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

discussion

COMMENTS: Morphology is very similar to A. silindensis (see that account).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from C and W Angola; limits unknown.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438170.