Acacia Rat

Thallomys paedulcus (Sundevall 1846)

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Thallomys paedulcus (Acacia rat) is a species of rodent in the family murid rodents. It is found in marine habitat. It is found in the Afrotropics.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000447
Definition: An aquatic biome that comprises systems of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents as well as systems that largely resemble these. Water in the marine biome is generally within the salinity range of seawater: 30 to 38 ppt.

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Afrotropical
Attribution: Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN

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EOL has data for 35 attributes, including:

diet includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Diet
- Definition: Information about the items eaten by this organism.
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animals
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/animal
- Definition: Members of the clade Animalia. http://eol.org/pages/1
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
- Definition: The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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tropical
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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interacts with
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002437
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Thallomys paedulcus (Sundevall 1846) (Acacia rat)
primary diet
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrimaryDiet
- Definition: Type of food comprising the majority of the diet of an animal.
- Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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leaves of woody plants
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/woodyLeaf
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trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food chain
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page
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herbivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099
- Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material
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Acacia rat includes 3 children:

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