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(Redirected from Micaelamys namaquensis) Species of rodent

Namaqua rock rat
Feeding on nectar
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Aethomys
Species: A. namaquensis
Binomial name
Aethomys namaquensis
(A. Smith, 1834)
Synonyms

Micaelamys namaquensis

The Namaqua rock rat (Aethomys namaquensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is sometimes included in the genus Micaelamys. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, rocky areas, hot desert, temperate desert, rocky shores, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.

Parasites include the chigger species: Afropolonia tgifi, Gahrliepia nana, Acomatacarus thallomyia, Hyracarus lawrencei, Herpetacarus aethomys, Herpetacarus longispinus, and Zumptrombicula misonnei.

References

  1. ^ Coetzee, N.; Griffin, M. & Taylor, P.J. (2008). "Aethomys namaquensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
  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.
  3. Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. (2018). "Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (395): 11, 17. doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.395.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)
Aethomys
Division
Aethomys
(Bush rats)
Apodemus
Division
Apodemus
(Old world
field mice)
Tokudaia
(Ryukyu spiny rats)
Arvicanthis
Division
Arvicanthis
(Unstriped
grass mice)
Desmomys
Lemniscomys
(Striped
grass mice)
Mylomys
Pelomys
(Groove-toothed
creek rats)
Rhabdomys
Chrotomys
Division
Apomys
Archboldomys
Soricomys
Chrotomys
(Luzon
striped rats)
Rhynchomys
(Shrewlike rats)
See also
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Micaelamys namaquensis


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