Dar es Salaam

This list pulled information for all of Tanzania, so it isn't specific to Dar.

Derby's Flying Squirrel
Anomalurus derbianus
Common Mole Rat 1
Cryptomys hottentotus
Silvery Mole Rat
Heliophobius argenteocinereus
Crested Porcupine 2
Hystrix cristata
Cape Porcupine 3
Hystrix africaeaustralis
African Brush-tailed Porcupine 4
Atherurus africanus
Harwood's gerbil
Gerbillus harwoodi
least gerbil
Gerbillus pusillus
Pouched Mouse 5
Saccostomus campestris
Mearns's pouched mouse
Saccostomus mearnsi
Gambian Rat 6
Cricetomys gambianus
giant rat 7
Cricetomys emini
Harrington's gerbil
Taterillus emini
Black Rat 8
Rattus rattus
Gray-bellied Mouse
Mus triton
House Mouse 9
Mus musculus
Mus musculoides
Pygmy Mouse 10
Mus minutoides
fat mouse
Steatomys pratensis
tiny fat mouse
Steatomys parvus
Congo forest mouse
Deomys ferrugineus
Brant's climbing mouse
Dendromus mesomelas
Nyika climbing mouse
Dendromus nyikae
chestnut climbing mouse 11
Dendromus mystacalis
Demon Mole Rat 12
Tachyoryctes splendens
greater long-tailed pouched rat
Beamys hindei
Rufous-nosed Rats
Oenomys hypoxanthus
Creek Groove-toothed Swamp Rat
Pelomys fallax
Jackson's Praomys
Praomys jacksoni
Delectable Soft-furred Mouse
Praomys delectorum
African Groove-toothed Rat
Mylomys dybowskii
Rusty-bellied Brush-furred Rat
Lophuromys sikapusi
Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rat
Lophuromys flavopunctatus
Peters' Hybomys
Hybomys univittatus
Macmillan's Thicket Rat
Grammomys macmillani
Woodland Thicket Rat
Grammomys dolichurus
Ruwenzori Thicket Rat
Grammomys ibeanus
Stella Hylomyscus
Hylomyscus stella
Beaded Hylomyscus
Hylomyscus aeta
Montane Hylomyscus
Hylomyscus denniae
Guinea Multimammate Mouse
Mastomys erythroleucus
Natal Multimammate Mouse 13
Mastomys natalensis
Dwarf Mastomys
Mastomys pernanus
Hildegarde's Broad-headed Mouse
Zelotomys hildegardeae
Loring's Rat
Thallomys loringi
Acacia Rat 14
Thallomys paedulcus
typical vlei rat
Otomys typus
Dent's vlei rat
Otomys denti
large vlei rat
Otomys angoniensis
tropical vlei rat
Otomys tropicalis
Typical Lemniscomys
Lemniscomys striatus
Buffoon Lemniscomys
Lemniscomys macculus
Single-striped Grass Mouse
Lemniscomys rosalia
Red Rock Rat
Aethomys chrysophilus
Kaiser's Rock Rat
Aethomys kaiseri
Hinde's Rock Rat
Aethomys hindei
Wilson's Spiny Mouse
Acomys wilsoni
Kemp's Spiny Mouse
Acomys kempi
Fiery Spiny Mouse
Acomys ignitus
Spiny Mouse
Acomys spinosissimus
African Marsh Rat
Dasymys incomtus
Somali Grass Rat
Arvicanthis neumanni
African Grass Rat
Arvicanthis niloticus
Nairobi Grass Rat
Arvicanthis nairobae
Four-striped Grass Mouse 15
Rhabdomys pumilio
African Wading Rat
Colomys goslingi
Rudd’s Bristle-furred Rat
Uranomys ruddi
Small-eared Dormouse
Graphiurus microtis
Kellen's Dormouse
Graphiurus kelleni
Woodland Dormouse 16
Graphiurus murinus
Svynnerton's Bush Squirrel 17
Paraxerus vexillarius
Black and Red Bush Squirrel 18
Paraxerus lucifer
Smith's Bush Squirrel 19
Paraxerus cepapi
Striped Bush Squirrel 20
Paraxerus flavovittis
Red Bush Squirrel 21
Paraxerus palliatus
Boehm's Bush Squirrel
Paraxerus boehmi
Ochre Bush Squirrel 7
Paraxerus ochraceus
Zanj Sun Squirrel 17
Heliosciurus undulatus
Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel
Heliosciurus ruwenzorii
Mutable Sun Squirrel 17
Heliosciurus mutabilis
Gambian Sun Squirrel 22
Heliosciurus gambianus
Red-legged Sun Squirrel 23
Heliosciurus rufobrachium
Unstriped Ground Squirrel 24
Xerus rutilus
Lesser Cane Rat
Thryonomys gregorianus
Greater Cane Rat 19
Thryonomys swinderianus
Boehm's gerbil
Gerbilliscus boehmi
Gorongoza gerbil
Gerbilliscus inclusus
Kemp's gerbil
Gerbilliscus kempi
bushveld gerbil
Gerbilliscus leucogaster
black-tailed gerbil
Gerbilliscus nigricaudus
fringe-tailed gerbil
Gerbilliscus robustus
savanna gerbil
Gerbilliscus validus
Eastern Rainforest Grammomys
Grammomys kuru
Heuglin's Lemniscomys
Lemniscomys zebra
Brockman's Myomyscus
Myomyscus brockmani
Tanzanian Vlei Rat
Otomys lacustris
East African Spring-hare
Pedetes surdaster

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