Common rufous-nosed rat
| Common rufous-nosed rat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Oenomys |
| Species: | O. hypoxanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oenomys hypoxanthus (Pucheran, 1855) | |
The common rufous-nosed rat (Oenomys hypoxanthus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is commonly sighted in the June & July months but observations have been seen throughout the year. [2]
References
- ↑ Dieterlen, F.; Kerbis Peterhans, J.; Agwanda, B. (2008). "Oenomys hypoxanthus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008 e.T15164A4497914. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T15164A4497914.en.
- ↑ "Common Rufous-nosed Rat (Oenomys hypoxanthus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.