Biology:Arvicanthis

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Short description: Genus of rodents

Arvicanthis
Temporal range: Early Pliocene–Recent
Arvicanthis niloticus.jpg
African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Arvicanthini
Genus: Arvicanthis
Lesson, 1842
Type species
Lemmus niloticus
Species

Arvicanthis abyssinicus
Arvicanthis ansorgei
Arvicanthis blicki
Arvicanthis nairobae
Arvicanthis neumanni
Arvicanthis niloticus
Arvicanthis rufinus

Arvicanthis 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

Genetic evidence indicates that the extinct Canariomys is also nested within this genus.[1]

References

  1. Renom, Pere; de-Dios, Toni; Civit, Sergi; Llovera, Laia; Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro; Lizano, Esther; Rando, Juan Carlos; Marquès-Bonet, Tomàs et al. (2021). "Genetic data from the extinct giant rat from Tenerife (Canary Islands) points to a recent divergence from mainland relatives". Biology Letters 17 (12): 20210533. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2021.0533. PMID 34932923. 
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q277877 entry