Dasymys incomtus

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,950 meters (0 to 6,398 feet).[1]

Ecology: This species has been recorded from a wide variety of habitats , including forest and savanna habitats, swampland and grasslands. It is unclear if the species can persist in agricultural landscapes.[2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.8     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     2.2     Savanna - Moist   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4.6     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Dasymys alleni • Dasymys cabrali • Dasymys rwandae • Dasymys sua

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 02-May-2001

Dasymys incomtus possibly represents a complex of several similar species. Further studies are needed to clarify the taxonomic status of populations currently allocated to this species. We follow Happold (in press ) by including Dasymys alleni, D. cabrali, D. rwandae and D. sua in D. incomtus.[2].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Dasymys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

D. foxi (Fox's Shaggy Rat) · D. incomtus (African Marsh Rat) · D. incomtus incomtus (African Marsh Rat) · D. montanus (Montane Shaggy Rat) · D. nudipes (Angolan Marsh Rat) · D. rufulus (West African Shaggy Rat)

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Further Reading

• Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] url p. 218.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 122.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 101, p. 232, p. 307, p. 308, p. 34, p. 60.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 83 1939 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 382, p. 593, p. 635, p. 645, p. 657.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 31, p. 97, p. 98.
• IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 678, p. 679.
• Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 122, p. 291.
• Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 173, p. 195.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url , p. 420, p. 426, p. 428, p. 430.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 173, p. 195.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 507, p. 601, p. 606, p. 608, p. 611, p. 612.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 109, p. 464.
• The mammals of Africa: country lists. Draft document IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, UNEP, WWF url , .
• The mammals of South Africa / by W.L. Sclater. .. London: R.H. Porter, 1900-01. url , , p. 230, p. 60.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Taylor, P. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Taylor, P. 2004. Dasymys incomtus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Taylor, P.J. 2008. Dasymys incomtus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• BeBIF Provider: African Rodentia
• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Field Museum: Mammal specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 108306
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585215
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585215
• IUCN ID: 204580
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2035

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,100.660 meters (3,611.089 feet), Standard Deviation = 453.230 based on 138 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Taylor, P.J. 2008. Dasymys incomtus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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