Arvicanthis
Genus of rodents / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats.
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Arvicanthis | |
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African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) | |
Scientific classification | |
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 |
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