Rwandan shaggy rat
| Rwandan shaggy rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Dasymys |
| Species: | D. rwandae |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasymys rwandae W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, E. Verheyen, 2003 | |
The Rwandan shaggy rat (Dasymys rwandae) is a species of shaggy marsh rat endemic to north-western Rwanda, close to the Virunga Mountains.