Arvicanthis

Arvicanthis; Temporal range: Early Pliocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Arvicanthini
Genus:	Arvicanthis; Lesson, 1842
Type species
	Lemmus niloticus;
Species
	Arvicanthis abyssinicus; Arvicanthis ansorgei; Arvicanthis blicki; Arvicanthis nairobae; Arvicanthis neumanni; Arvicanthis niloticus; Arvicanthis rufinus

Arvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats.

Species

Genus Arvicanthis - unstriped grass mice

Abyssinian grass rat, Arvicanthis abyssinicus Rüppell, 1842
Sudanian grass rat, Arvicanthis ansorgei Thomas, 1910
Blick's grass rat, Arvicanthis blicki Frick, 1914
Nairobi grass rat, Arvicanthis nairobae J. A. Allen, 1909
Neumann's grass rat, Arvicanthis neumanni Matschie, 1894
African grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus É. Geoffroy, 1803
Guinean grass rat, Arvicanthis rufinus Temminck, 1853

Genetic evidence indicates that the extinct Canariomys is also nested within this genus.^[1]

References

^ Renom, Pere; de-Dios, Toni; Civit, Sergi; Llovera, Laia; Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro; Lizano, Esther; Rando, Juan Carlos; Marquès-Bonet, Tomàs; Kergoat, Gael J.; Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Lalueza-Fox, Carles (2021). "Genetic data from the extinct giant rat from Tenerife (Canary Islands) points to a recent divergence from mainland relatives". Biology Letters. 17 (12): 20210533. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2021.0533. PMC 8692034. PMID 34932923.

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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[1] Renom, Pere; de-Dios, Toni; Civit, Sergi; Llovera, Laia; Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro; Lizano, Esther; Rando, Juan Carlos; Marquès-Bonet, Tomàs; Kergoat, Gael J.; Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Lalueza-Fox, Carles (2021). "Genetic data from the extinct giant rat from Tenerife (Canary Islands) points to a recent divergence from mainland relatives". Biology Letters. 17 (12): 20210533. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2021.0533. PMC 8692034. PMID 34932923.

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