Grammomys

Grammomys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Arvicanthini
Genus: Grammomys
Species (7): G. cometes – G. dolichurus – G. dryas – G. ibeanus – G. macmillani – G. polionops – G. surdaster

Name

Grammomys Thomas, 1915: 150

• Type species: Mus dolichurus Smuts, 1832, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1915. New African rodents and insectivores, mostly collected by Dr. C. Christy for the Congo Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 16(92): 146–152. DOI: 10.1080/00222931508693699 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bryja, J., Kerbis Peterhans, J.K., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Nicolas, V., Denys, C., Bryjová, A., Šumbera, R. & Mikula, O. 2024. Integrative taxonomic revision of the African thicket rats (Murinae: Grammomys): how genomics decreases the number of currently recognized species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 206(2): zlae057. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae057 Reference page.