Loring's rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Loring's rat Thallomys loringi Least concern

Where the Loring's rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 22 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Thallomys loringi
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the Loring's rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Loring's rat in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Kenya

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Loring's rat endangered?

The Loring's rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Loring's rat?

The Loring's rat (Thallomys loringi) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Thallomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Loring's rat

Loring's rat (Thallomys loringi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

The species is named for John Alden Loring.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Loring's rat (revision 1369841733), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q649105 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).