Grammomys
Appearance
Grammomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
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Grammomys dolichurus | |
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Genus: | Grammomys Thomas, 1915
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Grammomys aridulus |
Grammomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa. It contains the following species:
- Arid Thicket Rat (Grammomys aridulus)
- Grammomys brevirostris
- Bunting's Thicket Rat (Grammomys buntingi)
- Gray-Headed Thicket Rat (Grammomys caniceps)
- Mozambique Thicket Rat (Grammomys cometes)
- Woodland Thicket Rat (Grammomys dolichurus)
- Forest Thicket Rat (Grammomys dryas)
- Giant Thicket Rat (Grammomys gigas)
- Ruwenzori Thicket Rat (Grammomys ibeanus)
- Eastern Rainforest Thicket Rat (Grammomys kuru)
- Macmillan's Thicket Rat (Grammomys macmillani)
- Ethiopian Thicket Rat (Grammomys minnae)
- Shining Thicket Rat (Grammomys poensis)
References
- 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.