Arvicanthis raffertyi
C. Frick, 1914
Rafferty's Grass Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Arvicanthini |
| Genus | : Arvicanthis |
Species status
Authority citation
Frick, C. 1914-09. A new genus and some new species and subspecies of Abyssinian rodents. Annals of Carnegie Museum 9(1-2):7-28.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781473Original name as described
Arvicanthis abyssinicus raffertyi
Type material
CM 3461
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Gardula, Southern Abyssinia [= Ethiopia], altitude 4, 000 feet."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ethiopia
Taxonomy notes
split from A. niloticus
Taxonomy notes citation
Bryja, J., Colangelo, P., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Meheretu, Y., Šumbera, R., Bryjová, A., Verheyen, E., Leirs, H. and Castiglia, R. 2019. Diversity and evolution of African Grass Rats (Muridae: Arvicanthis)—From radiation in East Africa to repeated colonization of northwestern and southeastern savannas. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(4):970-988. doi:10.1111/jzs.12290
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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