| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Rodentia
- ---- family: Petromuridae
- ----- species: Petromus typicus
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| Characteristics: | herbivore; body-length: 27-38 cm including the tail; the Dassie rat is neither a Dassie nor a rat, it is a rodent of squirrel-like appearance but with a less bushy tail; the fur is dark brown to grey with lighter underparts; |
| Countries: | - NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT1203
- Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1314
- Nama Karoo
- AT1315
- Namib desert
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1322
- Succulent Karoo
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 211 |
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