Tinfields rock rat

The Tinfields rock rat, Aethomys stannarius, is a rodent in the family Muridae that is also known as the West African Aethomys, the West African rock rat or the West African veld rat. It lives in Cameroon and Nigeria, in dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is a medium-sized rodent with soft fur: medium brown on the back, fading to white underneath, with medium-sized brown ears and a long scaly tail of 103 to 110 percent of the head and body length. Head and body length runs from 126 to 169 millimetres, the tail from 124 to 203 millimetres, and adults weigh roughly 60 to 120 grams. The name was first published as Epimys stannarius, with a type locality at Kabwir in Bauchi Province, northern Nigeria.