Ethiopian thicket rat
Species of rodent
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Grammomys |
Species: | G. minnae |
Binomial name | |
Grammomys minnae Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1984 |
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
- Boitani, L., Lavrenchenko, L. & Dieterlen, F. 2004. Grammomys minnae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1326. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)
Division
Grammomys |
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Lamottemys |
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Oenomys (Rufous-nosed rats) |
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Thallomys (Acacia rats) |
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Thamnomys (Thicket rats) |
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Division
Batomys (Luzon and Mindanao forest rats) |
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Carpomys (Luzon rats) |
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Crateromys (Cloudrunners) |
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Phloeomys (Slender-tailed cloud rats) |
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Division
Eropeplus |
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Lenomys |
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Lenothrix |
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Margaretamys (Margareta's rats) |
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Pithecheir (Monkey-footed rats) |
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Pithecheirops |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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