Species Grammomys cometes (Thomas and Wroughton, 1908) (Mozambique thicket rat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Grammomys cometes
Characteristics:herbivore; length: 30cm, tail-length: 18cm; grey-brown to red-brown upperparts, belly white; white patch at the base of the ears
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 124
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