Abyssinian Grass Rat
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Abyssinian Grass Rat
| Abyssinian Grass Rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Arvicanthis |
| Species: | A. abyssinicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arvicanthis abyssinicus (Rüppell, 1842) |
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The Abyssinian Grass Rat (Arvicanthis abyssinicus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, arable land, and pastureland.
References
- Lavrenchenko, L. & Corti, M. 2004. Arvicanthis abyssinicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
- Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1286. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001238.
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