Arvicanthis

Arvicanthis Temporal range: Early Pliocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Arvicanthini
Genus:	Arvicanthis Lesson, 1842
Type species
Lemmus niloticus
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 abyssinicusRüppell, 1842
• Sudanian grass rat, Arvicanthis ansorgeiThomas, 1910
• Blick's grass rat, Arvicanthis blickiFrick, 1914
• Nairobi grass rat, Arvicanthis nairobaeJ. A. Allen, 1909
• Neumann's grass rat, Arvicanthis neumanniMatschie, 1894
• African grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticusÉ. Geoffroy, 1803
• Guinean grass rat, Arvicanthis rufinusTemminck, 1853

Genetic evidence indicates that the extinct Canariomys is also nested within this genus. ^[1]

References

1. Renom, Pere; de-Dios, Toni; Civit, Sergi; Llovera, Laia; Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro; Lizano, Esther; Rando, Juan Carlos; Marquès-Bonet, Tomàs; Kergoat, Gael J.; Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Lalueza-Fox, Carles (2021). "Genetic data from the extinct giant rat from Tenerife (Canary Islands) points to a recent divergence from mainland relatives". Biology Letters. 17 (12) 20210533. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2021.0533. PMC   8692034 . PMID   34932923.

• 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.