''Thallomys'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...
in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae com ...
endemic to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
It contains four species:
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Loring's rat (''Thallomys loringi'')
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Black-tailed tree rat (''Thallomys nigricauda'')
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Acacia rat (''Thallomys paedulcus'')
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Shortridge's rat
Shortridge's rat (''Thallomys shortridgei'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in South Africa.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant c ...
(''Thallomys shortridgei'')
References
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Rodent genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas