The charming thicket rat (''Thamnomys venustus'') is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
in the family
Muridae. It is described as data deficient as ''Thamnomys schoutedeni''.
It is found in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
,
Rwanda, and
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
.
Its natural
habitat
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is subtropical or tropical moist
montane forest
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial ...
s.
It is threatened by
habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...
.
References
* Dieterlen, F. 2004.
Thamnomys schoutedeni 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
* Dieterlen, F. & Schlitter, D. 2004.
Thamnomys venustus 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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Thamnomys
Mammals described in 1907
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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