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Tinfields rock rat
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Aethomys
Species: A. stannarius
Binomial name
Aethomys stannarius
(Thomas, 1913)

Tinfields rock rat (Aethomys stannarius) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

References

  1. Taylor, P.; Agwanda, B. (2017). "Aethomys stannarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T575A22458544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T575A22458544.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)
Aethomys
Division
Aethomys
(Bush rats)
Apodemus
Division
Apodemus
(Old world
field mice)
Tokudaia
(Ryukyu spiny rats)
Arvicanthis
Division
Arvicanthis
(Unstriped
grass mice)
Desmomys
Lemniscomys
(Striped
grass mice)
Mylomys
Pelomys
(Groove-toothed
creek rats)
Rhabdomys
Chrotomys
Division
Apomys
Archboldomys
Soricomys
Chrotomys
(Luzon
striped rats)
Rhynchomys
(Shrewlike rats)
See also
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Aethomys stannarius
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