Grant's rock mouse
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| Grant's rock mouse | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Aethomys |
| Species: | A. granti |
| Binomial name | |
| Aethomys granti (Wroughton, 1908) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Micaelamys granti |
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Grant's rock mouse or Grant's rock rat (Aethomys granti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found only in South Africa. It is sometimes included in the genus Micaelamys. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
References [edit]
- ^ Boitani, L. (2008). Aethomys granti. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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