Species Pelomys fallax (Peters, 1852) (Creek groove-toothed swamp rat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Pelomys fallax
Characteristics:herbivore; length: 22-36 cm, tail-length: 12-18 cm; reddish-brown to yellow-brown coloured, usually a dark band down the back;
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 124
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