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African Grass Rat
Arvicanthis niloticus (Desmarest, 1822)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Muridae - mice

Scientific synonyms

Arvicanthis dembeensis Rüppel, 1943
Arvicanthus niloticus (misspelling) m

Other names

= Nile Rat

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IUCN category:Least Concern

Images

Arvicanthis niloticus - African Grass Rat

Arvicanthis niloticus - African Grass Rat

Arvicanthis niloticus - African Grass Rat

Author: McMammal

Arvicanthis niloticus - African Grass Rat

Author: Karel Kodejš

Arvicanthis niloticus - African Grass Rat

Author: Karel Kodejš

Arvicanthis niloticus - African Grass Rat

Author: Karel Kodejš

Arvicanthis niloticus - African Grass Rat

Author: Karel Kodejš

Arvicanthis niloticus - African Grass Rat

Author: Karel Kodejš

Arvicanthis niloticus - African Grass Rat

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Taxon in country check-lists

Benin?, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia?, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania?, Togo?, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia?
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Similar species

Arvicanthis neumanni (Matschie, 1894) - Neumann's Grass Rat
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Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [2147] [as Arvicanthis niloticus (É. Geoffroy, 1803)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Arvicanthis niloticus É. Geoffroy, 1803]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Arvicanthis niloticus (Desmarest, 1822)]
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m misspelling

? disputed occurrence of species in area described by check-list



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