Arvicanthis niloticus
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Arvicanthini
Genus: Arvicanthis
Species: Arvicanthis niloticus
Type locality: Egypt
Name
[edit]- Arvicanthis niloticus (É. Geoffroy, 1803)
References
[edit]- Arvicanthis niloticus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. - Dobigny G, Tatard C, Gauthier P, Khalilou Ba, Duplantier J-M, Granjon, L. and Kergoat, G.J. 2013. Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes-Based Phylogeography of Arvicanthis niloticus (Murinae) and Sub-Saharan Open Habitats Pleistocene History. PLoS ONE 8(11). PDF 1,9 MB
- Granjon, L., Houssin, C., Lecompte, É., Angaya, M., César, J., Cornette, R., Dobigny, G. and Denys, C. 2004. Community ecology of the terrestrial small mammals of Zakouma National Park, Chad. Acta Theriologica 49: 215-234.
- V. Volobouev, E. Viegas-Páquignot, M. Lombard, F. Petter, J. M. Duplantier, B. Dutrillaux: Chromosomal evidence for a polytypic structure of Arvicanthis niloticus (Rodentia, Muridae) doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1988.tb00317.x
Weblinks
[edit]- Granjon, L. 2016. IUCN: Arvicanthis niloticus (Least Concern) – errata version published in 2017. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T2147A22460932.en. Accessed on 13 December 2021.
Vernacular names
[edit]Deutsch: Nilratte, Nil-Grasratte
English: African grass rat, Nile grass rat, African Arvicanthis
English: African grass rat, Nile grass rat, African Arvicanthis