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Namaqua rock rat

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The Namaqua rock rat, Micaelamys namaquensis, is a rodent of the family Muridae that is found across southern Africa, in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is sometimes included in the genus Aethomys. Its range of natural habitats is unusually wide, covering temperate forest, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, rocky areas, hot and temperate desert, rocky shores, arable land, rural gardens and urban areas, which makes it a species able to live beside people as well as in wild country. Its parasites include seven named chigger mite species, among them Afropolonia tgifi, Gahrliepia nana and Herpetacarus aethomys. The available article gives little about its appearance, diet or conservation rating, so those facts are left to other sources.

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Classification
Living or Extinct
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Child Taxon Of

Muridae, Taxa
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In Biome

Desert, Biomes
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Grassland, Biomes
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Savanna, Biomes
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Temperate Forest, Biomes
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Found In

Angola

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It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Botswana

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It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Eswatini

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It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Lesotho

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It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Malawi

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It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique

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Source Namaqua rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Namibia

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Source Namaqua rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
South Africa

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It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Zambia

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Source Namaqua rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe

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Source Namaqua rock rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Sources
1. iNaturalist: iNaturalist API taxon record for Micaelamys namaquensis
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"extinct": false
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Namaqua rock rat (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, range
    It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
  • In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead, rodent species
    rodent in the family Muridae
  • Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead, family
    rodent in the family Muridae
  • In Biome: Temperate Forest, Lead, habitats
    Its natural habitats are temperate forest
  • In Biome: Savanna, Lead, habitats, savanna
    dry savanna
  • In Biome: Grassland, Lead, habitats, grassland
    temperate grassland
  • In Biome: Desert, Lead, habitats, desert
    hot desert, temperate desert
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