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Shaggy Rats
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Shaggy Rats

Dasymys

Dasymys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the subfamily Murinae, the Old World rats and mice. The genus is endemic to Africa.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Angolan Shaggy Rat

speciesDasymys nudipes

Robert's Shaggy Rat

speciesDasymys robertsii

Common Shaggy Rat

speciesDasymys incomtus

Fox's Shaggy Rat

speciesDasymys foxi

Dasymys alleni

speciesDasymys alleni

Dasymys cabrali

speciesDasymys cabrali

Dasymys capensis

speciesDasymys capensis

Dasymys griseifrons

speciesDasymys griseifrons

Dasymys longipilosus

speciesDasymys longipilosus

Dasymys medius

speciesDasymys medius

Dasymys sua

speciesDasymys sua

Dasymys rwandae

speciesDasymys rwandae

Montane Shaggy Rat

speciesDasymys montanus

Rufous Shaggy Rat

speciesDasymys rufulus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45628.