The African Grass Rat (Arvicanthis niloticus ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae . It is mainly distributed in the Sahel and the sudano -zambesian Savanna belt , namely Benin , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Central African Republic , Chad , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ivory Coast , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Gambia , Ghana , Kenya , Malawi , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , , Senegal , Sierra Leone , Sudan , Tanzania , Togo , Uganda , and Zambia . Populations also occur in Algeria , Egypt , and Yemen .
Despite its wide distribution and commonness , little is known about the biology and actual occurrence of the species . Its natural habitats are dry savanna , moist savanna , subtropical or tropical moist shrubland , arable land , pastureland , rural gardens , urban areas , irrigated land , and seasonally flooded agricultural land .
References
Granjon , L . 2004 . Arvicanthis niloticus . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . Downloaded on 9 July 2007 .
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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Aethomys , Apodemus , Arvicanthis , Chrotomys divisions
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Apodemus
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Arvicanthis
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Pelomys
(Groove -toothed
creek rats )
Chrotomys
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Crunomys
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Dacnomys
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Anonymomys
Chiromyscus
Dacnomys
Niviventer
(White -bellied rats )
Srilankamys
Tonkinomys
Dasymys
(Shaggy
swamp rats )
D . shortridgei · Echiothrix
Golunda
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Hadromys , Hybomys , Hydromys , Lorentzimys , Malacomys , Maxomys divisions
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Hydromys
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Baiyankamys
Crossomys
Hydromys
(Water rats )
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Lorentzimys
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Maxomys
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Melasmothrix , Micromys , Millardia , Mus divisions
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Melasmothrix
Tateomys
(Greater Sulawesian
shrew rats )
Micromys
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Millardia
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Mus Division
Oenomys , Phloeomys , Pithecheir divisions
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Pithecheir
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Eropeplus
Lenomys
Lenothrix
Pithecheirops
Abeomelomys
Anisomys
Pseudomys
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Stenocephalomys , Uromys , Xeromys divisions
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Uromys Division
Xeromys Division
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Categories: IUCN Red List least concern species Old World rats and mice Mammals of Africa Murinae stubs
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