Arvicanthis
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| Arvicanthis Fossil range: Early Pliocene Recent |
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Arvicanthis abyssinicus |
Arvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats
[edit] Species
- Genus Arvicanthis
- Arvicanthis abyssinicus (Rüppell, 1842)
- Arvicanthis ansorgei Thomas, 1910
- Arvicanthis blicki Frick, 1914
- Arvicanthis nairobae J. A. Allen, 1909
- Arvicanthis neumanni (Matschie, 1894)
- Arvicanthis niloticus (É. Geoffroy, 1803)
- Arvicanthis rufinus (Temminck, 1853)
[edit] 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.

