| Namaqua rock rat | |
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| Feeding on nectar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Aethomys |
| Species: | A. namaquensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aethomys namaquensis (A. Smith, 1834)
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| Synonyms | |
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Micaelamys namaquensis | |
The Namaqua rock rat (Aethomys namaquensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is sometimes included in the genus Micaelamys. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, rocky areas, hot desert, temperate desert, rocky shores, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.[1]
Parasites include the chigger species: Afropolonia tgifi, Gahrliepia nana, Acomatacarus thallomyia, Hyracarus lawrencei, Herpetacarus aethomys, Herpetacarus longispinus, and Zumptrombicula misonnei.[3]
- ^ a b Coetzee, N.; Griffin, M. & Taylor, P.J. (2008). "Aethomys namaquensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. (2018). "Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (395): 11, 17. doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.395.