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Guinean grass rat

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Species of rodent

Guinean grass rat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Arvicanthis
Species: A. rufinus
Binomial name
Arvicanthis rufinus
(Temminck, 1853)

The Guinean grass rat (Arvicanthis rufinus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Benin, Ghana, Togo, possibly Cameroon, possibly Central African Republic, possibly Ivory Coast, possibly Guinea, possibly Liberia, and possibly Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, arable land, pastureland, and urban areas.

References

  1. Granjon, L. (2016). "Arvicanthis rufinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44992A22460503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44992A22460503.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)
Aethomys
Division
Aethomys
(Bush rats)
Apodemus
Division
Apodemus
(Old world
field mice)
Tokudaia
(Ryukyu spiny rats)
Arvicanthis
Division
Arvicanthis
(Unstriped
grass mice)
Desmomys
Lemniscomys
(Striped
grass mice)
Mylomys
Pelomys
(Groove-toothed
creek rats)
Rhabdomys
Chrotomys
Division
Apomys
Archboldomys
Soricomys
Chrotomys
(Luzon
striped rats)
Rhynchomys
(Shrewlike rats)
See also
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Arvicanthis rufinus


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