Arid Thicket Rat

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Arid Thicket Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Grammomys
Species: G. aridulus
Binomial name
Grammomys aridulus
Thomas & Hinton, 1923

The Arid Thicket Rat (Grammomys aridulus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Sudan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

[edit] References

  • Dieterlen, F., Taylor, P. & Boitani, L. 2004. Grammomys aridulus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • 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.
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