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Dasymys
Genus of rodents From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dasymys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the subfamily Murinae, the Old World rats and mice. The genus is endemic to Africa.[1]
These rats are wetland habitat specialists, occurring in marshy areas with wet ground and thick vegetation, such as swamps and vleis. They swim well. They are nocturnal and solitary.[2] Species are more common in the northern regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, likely because their wetland habitat is more degraded in southern regions.[3]
The genus is not well studied and its taxonomy is not clear. The number of species and their relationships have only been tentatively determined.[2]
Species include:
- Dasymys alleni – Glover Allen's dasymys
- Dasymys cabrali – Crawford-Cabral's dasymys
- Dasymys foxi – Fox's shaggy rat
- Dasymys incomtus – African marsh rat
- Dasymys montanus – Montane shaggy rat
- Dasymys nudipes – Angolan marsh rat
- Dasymys robertsii - Robert's shaggy rat
- Dasymys rufulus – West African shaggy rat
- Dasymys rwandae – Rwandan dasymys
- Dasymys shortridgei
- Dasymys sua – Tanzanian dasymys
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