Forest Thicket Rat

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Forest Thicket Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Grammomys
Species: G. dryas
Binomial name
Grammomys dryas
(Thomas, 1907)

The Forest Thicket Rat (Grammomys dryas) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

[edit] References

  • Kerbis Peterhans, J. 2004. Grammomys dryas. 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.