Species Micaelamys granti (Grant's rock rat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Micaelamys granti
Characteristics:herbivore; length:20 cm, tail-length: 10 cm; dark grey above, lighter below, scaled tail;
Countries:
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:

AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
AT1314
Nama Karoo
AT1322
Succulent Karoo
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References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 116
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