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Kaiser's rock rat

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Kaiser's rock rat, Aethomys kaiseri, is a rodent in the family Muridae. According to its Wikipedia article it is found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, a range that spreads across central, eastern and southern Africa. Its natural habitats are given as subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, covering both dry forest and moist forest on mountains. The article is a short stub and gives no figures for body size, diet, behaviour or conservation status, so none are asserted here.

Facts
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Muridae, Taxa
Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Savanna, Biomes
Source GBIF: Aethomys kaiseri (GBIF species record)
Tropical Dry Forest, Biomes
Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Angola

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Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Burundi

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Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Kenya

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Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Malawi

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Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Rwanda

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Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Tanzania

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Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Uganda

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Zambia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Sources
1. GBIF: Aethomys kaiseri (GBIF species record)
GBIF
  • Descriptions, conservation
    Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.
  • Descriptions, activity
    Kaiser's Rock Rats are nocturnal and terrestrial.
  • Descriptions, food and feeding
    Kaiser's Rock Rat is omnivorous, eating vegetation and insects.
  • In Biome: Savanna, Descriptions, habitat
    inhabiting anthills in savannas, woodlands
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Kaiser's rock rat (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, range
    found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
  • In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead
    is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
  • Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead, family
    is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
  • In Biome: Tropical Dry Forest, Lead, natural habitats
    Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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