The Rwandan shaggy rat (''Dasymys rwandae'') is a species of
shaggy marsh rat endemic to north-western
Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...
, close to the
Virunga Mountains
The Virunga Mountains (also known as Mufumbiro) are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, in the area where Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Uganda meet. The mountain range is a branch of the Albertine Rift Mountains, ...
.
See also
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List of mammals of Rwanda
References
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Mammals described in 2003
Mammals of Rwanda
Dasymys