Stumble this page!Ghana rufous-nosed rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Oenomys ornatus
The Ghana rufous-nosed rat is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Ghana rufousnosed rat
A young / baby of a Ghana rufousnosed rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Ghana rufousnosed rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Habitats
Artificial / Aquatic & Marine, Artificial / Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land, Grassland and Subtropical / Tropical Seasonally Wet / Flooded Grassland
Facts about the Ghana rufous-nosed rat
Oenomys ornatus is limited to the West African forest block, whereas Oenomys hypoxanthus lives within tropical forests and woodlands from Central to East Africa. (Full text)
1. Ghana, Gold Coast -- (a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British")Ghana
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