Arvicanthis

Arvicanthis Temporal range: Early Pliocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Arvicanthis niloticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Arvicanthis Lesson, 1842
Species
Arvicanthis abyssinicus Arvicanthis ansorgei Arvicanthis blicki Arvicanthis nairobae Arvicanthis neumanni Arvicanthis niloticus Arvicanthis rufinus

Arvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats.

Species

Genus Arvicanthis - unstriped grass mice

• Abyssinian grass rat, Arvicanthis abyssinicus Rüppell, 1842
• Sudanian grass rat, Arvicanthis ansorgei Thomas, 1910
• Blick's grass rat, Arvicanthis blicki Frick, 1914
• Nairobi grass rat, Arvicanthis nairobae J. A. Allen, 1909
• Neumann's grass rat, Arvicanthis neumanni Matschie, 1894
• African grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus É. Geoffroy, 1803
• Guinean grass rat, Arvicanthis rufinus Temminck, 1853

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.