Grammomys

Genus of rodents

Grammomys
Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
Woodland thicket rat (Grammomys dolichurus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Arvicanthini
Genus: Grammomys
Thomas, 1915
Type species
Mus dolichurus
Species

Grammomys aridulus
Grammomys brevirostris
Grammomys buntingi
Grammomys caniceps
Grammomys cometes
Grammomys dolichurus
Grammomys dryas
Grammomys gigas
Grammomys ibeanus
Grammomys kuru
Grammomys macmillani
Grammomys minnae
Grammomys poensis
Grammomys selousi
Grammomys surdaster

Grammomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa. It contains the following species:

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.
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)
Oenomys
Division
Grammomys
  • Arid thicket rat (G. aridulus)
  • G. brevirostris
  • Bunting's thicket rat (G. buntingi)
  • Gray-headed thicket rat (G. caniceps)
  • Mozambique thicket rat (G. cometes)
  • Woodland thicket rat (G. dolichurus)
  • Forest thicket rat (G. dryas)
  • Giant thicket rat (G. gigas)
  • Ruwenzori thicket rat (G. ibeanus)
  • Eastern rainforest thicket rat (G. kuru)
  • Macmillan's thicket rat (G. macmillani)
  • Ethiopian thicket rat (G. minnae)
  • Shining thicket rat (G. poensis)
  • Selous thicket rat (G. selousi)
Lamottemys
  • Mount Oku rat (L. okuensis)
Oenomys
(Rufous-nosed rats)
  • Common rufous-nosed rat (O. hypoxanthus)
  • Ghana rufous-nosed rat (O. ornatus)
Thallomys
(Acacia rats)
  • Loring's rat (T. loringi)
  • Black-tailed tree rat (T. nigricauda)
  • Acacia rat (T. paedulcus)
  • Shortridge's rat (T. shortridgei)
Thamnomys
(Thicket rats)
  • Kemp's thicket rat (T. kempi)
  • Hatt's thicket rat (T. major)
  • Charming thicket rat (T. venustus)
Phloeomys
Division
Batomys
(Luzon and Mindanao
forest rats)
  • Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat (B. dentatus)
  • Luzon hairy-tailed rat (B. granti)
  • Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat (B. hamiguitan)
  • Dinagat hairy-tailed rat (B. russatus)
  • Mindanao hairy-tailed rat (B. salomonseni)
  • Mount Isarog hairy-tailed rat (B. uragon)
Carpomys
(Luzon rats)
  • Short-footed Luzon tree rat (C. melanurus)
  • White-bellied Luzon tree rat (C. phaeurus)
Crateromys
(Cloudrunners)
  • Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. australis)
  • Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. schadenbergi)
  • Panay cloudrunner (C. heaneyi)
  • Ilin Island cloudrunner (C. paulus)
Phloeomys
(Slender-tailed
cloud rats)
  • Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat (P. cumingi)
  • Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (P. pallidus)
Pithecheir
Division
Eropeplus
  • Sulawesi soft-furred rat (E. canus)
Lenomys
  • Trefoil-toothed giant rat (L. meyeri)
Lenothrix
  • Gray tree rat (L. canus)
Margaretamys
(Margareta's rats)
  • Beccari's margareta rat (M. beccarii)
  • Christine's margareta rat (M. christinae)
  • Elegant margareta rat (M. elegans)
  • Little margareta rat (M. parvus)
Pithecheir
(Monkey-footed rats)
  • Red tree rat (P. melanurus)
  • Malayan tree rat (P. parvus)
Pithecheirops
  • Bornean pithecheirops (P. otion)
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Grammomys


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