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| species = '''''T. shortridgei'''''
| species = '''''T. shortridgei'''''
| binomial = ''Thallomys shortridgei''
| binomial = ''Thallomys shortridgei''
| binomial_authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]] & Hinton, 1923
| binomial_authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]] & [[Martin Hinton|Hinton]], 1923
| synonyms = }}
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'''Shortridge's Rat''' ('''''Thallomys shortridgei''''') is a species of [[rodent]] in the [[Muridae]] family.
'''Shortridge's Rat''' ('''''Thallomys shortridgei''''') is a species of [[rodent]] in the [[Muridae]] family.

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Shortridge's Rat
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T. shortridgei
Binomial name
Thallomys shortridgei
Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Shortridge's Rat (Thallomys shortridgei) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

  • Boitani, L. & Taylor, P. 2004. Thallomys shortridgei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.