''Grammomys'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
...
endemic to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
.
It contains the following species:
*
Arid thicket rat (''Grammomys aridulus'')
*
Short-snouted thicket rat (''Grammomys brevirostris'')
*
Bunting's thicket rat (''Grammomys buntingi'')
*
Gray-headed thicket rat (''Grammomys caniceps'')
*
Mozambique thicket rat (''Grammomys cometes'')
*
Woodland thicket rat (''Grammomys dolichurus'')
*
Forest thicket rat (''Grammomys dryas'')
*
Giant thicket rat (''Grammomys gigas'')
*
Ruwenzori thicket rat (''Grammomys ibeanus'')
*
Eastern rainforest grammomys (''Grammomys kuru'')
*
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 a ...
(''Grammomys macmillani'')
*
Ethiopian thicket rat (''Grammomys minnae'')
*
Shining thicket rat (''Grammomys poensis'')
*
Selous thicket rat (''Grammomys selousi'')
*
African woodland thicket rat (''Grammomys surdaster'')
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.
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
{{Grammomys-stub