Author: | A. Smith, 1831. |
Citation: | S. Afr. Quart. J., 1(5): 11. |
Common Name: | Dassie Rat |
Type Locality: | South Africa, "Mountains toward mouth of Orange River". |
Distribution: | W South Africa, Namibia, to SW Angola. |
Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. |
Comments: | Fifteen subspecies have been named but no attempt has been made to assess their validity or geographic limits, but see Roberts (1951). Karyotype has 2n=56 and FN=112 (George, 1980). |
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