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SPECIES Rhabdomys pumilio
Author: | Sparrman, 1784. | Citation: | K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm: 236. | Common Name: | Xeric Four-striped Grass Rat | Type Locality: | South Africa, S Western Cape Province, east of Knysna, Tsitsikamma Forest, Slangrivier. | Distribution: | Xeric grasslands and savannas from W South Africa north through Namibia and C and S Botswana to SW Angola. | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient. | Comments: | As defined by Rambau et al. (2003), P. pumilio is endemic to the Southern African Subregion. Rambau et al. did not sample populations from Angola or Botswana, but we regard Hill and Carter’s (1941:102) record of "R. bechuanae" from the Namib desert in southwestern Angola as an extension of P. pumilio through Namibia (see accounts above). Most of Botswana is covered by arid savanna, and records of Rhabdomys from there (see de Graaff, 1997e; Smithers, 1971) are likely P. pumilio and not P. dilectus, which occupies mesic grasslands and savannas (Rambau et al., 2003). |
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bechuanae (Thomas, 1893) cinereus (Thomas and Schwann, 1904) deserti (Dollman, 1910) donavani (Lesson, 1827) fouriei Roberts, 1946 griquae (Wroughton, 1905) intermedius (Wroughton, 1905) lineatus (F. Cuvier, 1829) major (Brants, 1827) meridionalis (Wroughton, 1905) namaquensis Roberts, 1946 namibensis Roberts, 1926 orangiae Roberts, 1946 prieskae Roberts, 1946 septemvittatus (Schinz, 1845) typicus (Sclater, 1899) vittatus (Wagner, 1842)
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