Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Rodentia
- ---- family: Muridae
- ----- species: Rhabdomys pumilio
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Characteristics: | herbivore; length: 19cm; the fur is brown on the back and white on the belly; an the back are four characteristic dark stripes; |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0702
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1012
- Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1201
- Albany thickets
- AT1202
- Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1203
- Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1314
- Nama Karoo
- AT1315
- Namib desert
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1319
- Somali montane xeric woodlands
- AT1322
- Succulent Karoo
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References: | Cillié 1997: 213 |