Ethiopian Thicket Rat
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| Grammomys minnae Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1984 |
The Ethiopian Thicket Rat (Grammomys minnae) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Boitani, L., Lavrenchenko, L. & Dieterlen, F. 2004. Grammomys minnae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 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.
