African marsh rat

African marsh rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Dasymys
Species:	D. incomtus
Binomial name
Dasymys incomtus (Sundevall, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
Dasymys alleni Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953 Dasymys cabrali W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs & E. Verheyen, 2003 Dasymys rwandae W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs & E. Verheyen, 2003 Dasymys sua W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs & E. Verheyen, 2003

The African marsh rat or common dasymys^[1] (Dasymys incomtus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.

References

1. Taylor, P.J. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Dasymys incomtus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6269A115080446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T6269A22436584.en. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

• 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. 1316. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.