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Acacia rat

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Thallomys
Species:	T. paedulcus
Binomial name
*Thallomys paedulcus* (Sundevall, 1846)

The acacia rat (Thallomys paedulcus), or black-tailed tree rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is a small arboreal rodent that is extensively dependent on Acacia trees. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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Child, M.F. & Taylor, P. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Thallomys paedulcus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21692A115163143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T21692A22435824.en. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1509. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Karantanis, N., Rychlik, L., Herrel, A., & Youlatos, D. (2017). Arboreality in acacia rats ( Thallomys paedulcus ; Rodentia, Muridae): gaits and gait metrics. Journal of Zoology : Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London., 303(2), 107–119. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12473
Meyer, J., Steinhauser, J., Jeltsch, F., & Brandl, R. (2007). Large trees, acacia shrubs, and the density of Thallomys nigricauda in the Thornveld savannah of South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments., 68(3), 363–370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.06.001

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)

Oenomys
Division

Grammomys	Arid thicket rat (G. aridulus) G. brevirostris Bunting's thicket rat (G. buntingi) Gray-headed thicket rat (G. caniceps) Mozambique thicket rat (G. cometes) Woodland thicket rat (G. dolichurus) Forest thicket rat (G. dryas) Giant thicket rat (G. gigas) Ruwenzori thicket rat (G. ibeanus) Eastern rainforest thicket rat (G. kuru) Macmillan's thicket rat (G. macmillani) Ethiopian thicket rat (G. minnae) Shining thicket rat (G. poensis) Selous thicket rat (G. selousi)
Lamottemys	Mount Oku rat (L. okuensis)
Oenomys (Rufous-nosed rats)	Common rufous-nosed rat (O. hypoxanthus) Ghana rufous-nosed rat (O. ornatus)
Thallomys (Acacia rats)	Loring's rat (T. loringi) Black-tailed tree rat (T. nigricauda) Acacia rat (T. paedulcus) Shortridge's rat (T. shortridgei)
Thamnomys (Thicket rats)	Kemp's thicket rat (T. kempi) Hatt's thicket rat (T. major) Charming thicket rat (T. venustus)

Phloeomys
Division

Batomys (Luzon and Mindanao forest rats)	Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat (B. dentatus) Luzon hairy-tailed rat (B. granti) Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat (B. hamiguitan) Dinagat hairy-tailed rat (B. russatus) Mindanao hairy-tailed rat (B. salomonseni) Mount Isarog hairy-tailed rat (B. uragon)
Carpomys (Luzon rats)	Short-footed Luzon tree rat (C. melanurus) White-bellied Luzon tree rat (C. phaeurus)
Crateromys (Cloudrunners)	Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. australis) Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. schadenbergi) Panay cloudrunner (C. heaneyi) Ilin Island cloudrunner (C. paulus)
Phloeomys (Slender-tailed cloud rats)	Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat (P. cumingi) Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (P. pallidus)

Pithecheir
Division

Eropeplus	Sulawesi soft-furred rat (E. canus)
Lenomys	Trefoil-toothed giant rat (L. meyeri)
Lenothrix	Gray tree rat (L. canus)
Margaretamys (Margareta's rats)	Beccari's margareta rat (M. beccarii) Christine's margareta rat (M. christinae) Elegant margareta rat (M. elegans) Little margareta rat (M. parvus)
Pithecheir (Monkey-footed rats)	Red tree rat (P. melanurus) Malayan tree rat (P. parvus)
Pithecheirops	Bornean pithecheirops (P. otion)

See also: Aethomys–Chrotomys; Colomys–Golunda; Hadromys–Maxomys; Melasmothrix–Mus; Pogonomys–Pseudomys; Rattus; Stenocephalomys–Xeromys; Otomys; Others

Taxon identifiers
Thallomys paedulcus	Wikidata: Q416568 Wikispecies: Thallomys paedulcus ADW: Thallomys_paedulcus CoL: 7C4ZT EoL: 1179443 GBIF: 2437942 iNaturalist: 45414 IRMNG: 10807780 ITIS: 585595 IUCN: 21692 MDD: 1003116 MSW: 13001842 NCBI: 332673 Observation.org: 88035 Open Tree of Life: 400681

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