Selous thicket rat

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Selous thicket rat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Grammomys
Species:
G. selousi
Binomial name
Grammomys selousi
Denys, Lalis, Lecompte, Cornette, Moulin, Makundi, Machang'u, Volobouev & Aniskine, 2011 [2]

The Selous thicket rat (Grammomys selousi) is a species of rodent endemic to Tanzania. [2] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Engelbrektsson, P. (2016). "Grammomys selousi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T45955965A45973081. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T45955965A45973081.en .
  2. 1 2 Denys, C.; Lalis, A.; Lecompte, É.; Cornette, R.; Moulin, S.; Makundi, R. H.; Machang'u, R. S.; Volobouev, V.; Aniskine, V. M. (2011). "A faunal survey in Kingu Pira (south Tanzania), with new karyotypes of several small mammals and the description of a new Murid species (Mammalia, Rodentia)". Zoosystema. 33: 5–47. doi:10.5252/z2011n1a1. S2CID   83854405.