Black-tailed tree rat

Black-tailed tree rat
Adult with young
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Thallomys
Species:
T. nigricauda
Binomial name
Thallomys nigricauda
Thomas, 1882
Synonyms[2]
  • bradfieldi Roberts, 1933
  • damarensis (De Winton, 1897)
  • davisi Lundholm, 1955
  • herero Thomas, 1926
  • kalaharicus (Dollman, 1911)
  • leuconoe Thomas, 1926
  • molopensis Roberts, 1933
  • nitela Thomas and Hinton, 1923
  • quissamae F. Petter and Beaufort, 1960
  • robertsi (Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, and Hayman, 1953)

The black-tailed tree rat,[3] also called black-tailed acacia rat[4] or black-tailed thallomys,[2] (Thallomys nigricauda), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is both nocturnal and arboreal and makes bulky nests in the trees, often acacias, where it feeds on leaves and buds.

  1. ^ Child, M.F.; Taylor, P. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Thallomys nigricauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21691A115163015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T21691A22435952.en. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b 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. p. 1509. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Skinner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kingdon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).