African groove-toothed rat | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Mylomys |
Species: | M. dybowskii |
Binomial name | |
Mylomys dybowskii (Pousargues, 1893) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Mylomys loweiHayman, 1936 |
TheAfrican groove-toothed rat ormill rat[1] (Mylomys dybowskii) is a species ofrodent in the familyMuridae found inAngola,Cameroon, theCentral African Republic, theRepublic of the Congo, theDemocratic Republic of the Congo,Ivory Coast,Ghana,Guinea,Kenya,Liberia,Malawi,Rwanda,Tanzania, andUganda. Its naturalhabitats aresubtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowlandgrassland. It is threatened byhabitat loss.