Grammomys
Grammomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa. It contains the following species:
- Arid thicket rat (Grammomys aridulus)
- Grammomys brevirostris
- Bunting's thicket rat (Grammomys buntingi)
- Gray-headed thicket rat (Grammomys caniceps)
- Mozambique thicket rat (Grammomys cometes)
- Woodland thicket rat (Grammomys dolichurus)
- Forest thicket rat (Grammomys dryas)
- Giant thicket rat (Grammomys gigas)
- Ruwenzori thicket rat (Grammomys ibeanus)
- Eastern rainforest grammomys (Grammomys kuru)
- Macmillan's thicket rat (Grammomys macmillani)
- Ethiopian thicket rat (Grammomys minnae)
- Shining thicket rat (Grammomys poensis)
- African woodland thicket rat (Grammomys surdaster) [1]
| Grammomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
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| Woodland thicket rat (Grammomys dolichurus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Grammomys Thomas, 1915 |
| Species | |
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Grammomys aridulus | |
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.
- Conteh, Solomon; Anderson, Charles; Lambert, Lynn; Orr-Gonzalez, Sachy; Herrod, Jessica; Robbins, Yvette L.; Carter, Dariyen; Bin Shamamba Karhemere, Stomy; Pyana, Pati; Büscher, Philippe; Duffy, Patrick E. (23 January 2017). "Grammomys surdaster, the Natural Host for Plasmodium berghei Parasites, as a Model to Study Whole-Organism Vaccines Against Malaria". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96 (4): 835–841. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0745. PMC 5392629. PMID 28115674.
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