Guinean Arvicanthis

Guinean Arvicanthis

Taxobox
name = Guinean Arvicanthis
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Arvicanthis"
species = "A. rufinus"
binomial = "Arvicanthis rufinus"
binomial_authority = (Temminck, 1853)
synonyms = The Guinean Arvicanthis ("Arvicanthis rufinus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found in Benin, Ghana, Togo, possibly Cameroon, possibly Central African Republic, possibly Ivory Coast, possibly Guinea, possibly Liberia, and possibly Sierra Leone.Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, arable land, pastureland, and urban areas.

References

* Granjon, L. & Assogbadjo, A. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/44992/all Arvicanthis rufinus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 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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