Fox's shaggy rat, Dasymys foxi, is a rodent in the family Muridae that is found only in Nigeria. Oldfield Thomas described it in 1912. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland in the subtropical or tropical zone, swampland and plantations, and the source says it is threatened by habitat loss. The International Union for Conservation of Nature rates the species Data Deficient, an assessment by R. Kennerley and P. Taylor dated 2017, meaning too little is known to judge how close it is to extinction. The Wikipedia article is a short stub, so details of its size, diet, lifespan and behaviour are not stated.
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It is found only in Nigeria.
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It is found only in Nigeria.
Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead, family
is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
In Biome: Savanna, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are moist savanna
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