Arvicanthis
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| Arvicanthis Temporal range: Early Pliocene Recent |
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| Arvicanthis niloticus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Arvicanthis Lesson, 1842 |
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Arvicanthis abyssinicus |
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Arvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats.
Species [edit]
Genus Arvicanthis - unstriped grass mice
- Abyssinian Grass Rat, Arvicanthis abyssinicus Rüppell, 1842
- Sudanian Grass Rat, Arvicanthis ansorgei Thomas, 1910
- Blick's Grass Rat, Arvicanthis blicki Frick, 1914
- Nairobi Grass Rat, Arvicanthis nairobae J. A. Allen, 1909
- Neumann's Grass Rat, Arvicanthis neumanni Matschie, 1894
- African Grass Rat, Arvicanthis niloticus É. Geoffroy, 1803
- Guinean Grass Rat, Arvicanthis rufinus Temminck, 1853
References [edit]
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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