Woodland thicket rat

Woodland thicket rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Grammomys
Species:	G. dolichurus
Binomial name
Grammomys dolichurus (Smuts, 1832)

The woodland thicket rat (Grammomys dolichurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. ^[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land, pastureland, and urban areas. ^[1]

References

1. Child, M.F. & Taylor, P. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Grammomys dolichurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T9454A115092112. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9454A22437433.en . Retrieved 8 September 2025.

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
• Taylor, P. & Boitani, L. 2004. Grammomys dolichurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.