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Arvicanthis
Temporal range: Early Pliocene Recent
Arvicanthis niloticus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Murinae Genus: Arvicanthis
Lesson, 1842Species Arvicanthis abyssinicus
Arvicanthis ansorgei
Arvicanthis blicki
Arvicanthis nairobae
Arvicanthis neumanni
Arvicanthis niloticus
Arvicanthis rufinusArvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats
Species
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
- 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.
