Stumble this page!Fox's shaggy rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Dasymys foxi
The Fox's shaggy rat is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Fox
A young / baby of a Fox is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Fox group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
NigeriaHabitats
Artificial / Terrestrial, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Grassland, Moist savanna, Plantations, Savanna, Subtropical / Tropical Seasonally Wet / Flooded Grassland and Wetlands (inland)
Facts about the Fox's shaggy rat
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