Ivory Coast rat

Ivory Coast rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Dephomys
Species:
D. eburneae
Binomial name
Dephomys eburneae
(Heim de Balsac & Bellier, 1967)

The Ivory Coast rat (Dephomys eburneae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, possibly Ghana, and Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swampland.

References

  • 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. p. 1319. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  • Taylor, P. 2004. Dephomys eburnea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.


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