''Grammomys'' is a genus of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae comes ...
endemic to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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It contains the following species:
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Arid thicket rat (''Grammomys aridulus'')
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Short-snouted thicket rat
The short-snouted thicket rat (''Grammomys brevirostris'') is a species of rodent endemic to Kenya
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(''Grammomys brevirostris'')
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Bunting's thicket rat
Bunting's thicket rat (''Grammomys buntingi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtrop ...
(''Grammomys buntingi'')
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Gray-headed thicket rat
The gray-headed thicket rat (''Grammomys caniceps'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Kenya and Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a ...
(''Grammomys caniceps'')
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Mozambique thicket rat
The Mozambique thicket rat (''Grammomys cometes'') is an African species of rodent in the mouse family, Muridae.
It is found in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is ...
(''Grammomys cometes'')
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Woodland thicket rat
The woodland thicket rat (''Grammomys dolichurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Eswatini, T ...
(''Grammomys dolichurus'')
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Forest thicket rat
The forest thicket rat (''Grammomys dryas'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
Montane ecos ...
(''Grammomys dryas'')
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Giant thicket rat
The giant thicket rat (''Grammomys gigas'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae which is restricted to a small area of Kenya.
Description
The giant thicket rat is a slender arboreal rat with large, ovoid ears with a rather long and fine ...
(''Grammomys gigas'')
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Ruwenzori thicket rat
The Ruwenzori thicket rat (''Grammomys ibeanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and su ...
(''Grammomys ibeanus'')
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Eastern rainforest grammomys
The eastern rainforest grammomys (''Grammomys kuru''), also known as the eastern rainforest thicket rat, is a species of rodent from the family Muridae.
The eastern rainforest grammomys is distributed in the Congo Basin in the Central African Re ...
(''Grammomys kuru'')
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Macmillan's thicket rat
Macmillan's thicket rat (''Grammomys macmillani'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats ...
(''Grammomys macmillani'')
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Ethiopian thicket rat
The Ethiopian thicket rat (''Grammomys minnae'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
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(''Grammomys minnae'')
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Shining thicket rat (''Grammomys poensis'')
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Selous thicket rat (''Grammomys selousi'')
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African woodland thicket rat (''Grammomys surdaster'')
References
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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.
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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