Grammomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.
It contains the following species:
Arid thicket rat (Grammomys aridulus)
Short-snouted thicket rat (Grammomys brevirostris)
Bunting's thicket rat (Grammomys buntingi)
Gray-headed thicket rat (Grammomys caniceps)
Mozambique thicket rat (Grammomys cometes)
Woodland thicket rat (Grammomys dolichurus)
Forest thicket rat (Grammomys dryas)
Giant thicket rat (Grammomys gigas)
Ruwenzori thicket rat (Grammomys ibeanus)
Eastern rainforest grammomys (Grammomys kuru)
Macmillan's thicket rat (Grammomys macmillani)
Ethiopian thicket rat (Grammomys minnae)
Shining thicket rat (Grammomys poensis)
Selous thicket rat (Grammomys selousi)[1]
African woodland thicket rat (Grammomys surdaster) [2]
^Denys, C.; Lalis, A.; Lecompte, É.; Cornette, R.; Moulin, S.; Makundi, R. H.; Machang'u, R. S.; Volobouev, V.; Aniskine, V. M. (2011). "A faunal survey in Kingu Pira (south Tanzania), with new karyotypes of several small mammals and the description of a new Murid species (Mammalia, Rodentia)". Zoosystema. 33: 5–47. doi:10.5252/z2011n1a1. S2CID 83854405.
^Conteh, Solomon; Anderson, Charles; Lambert, Lynn; Orr-Gonzalez, Sachy; Herrod, Jessica; Robbins, Yvette L.; Carter, Dariyen; Bin Shamamba Karhemere, Stomy; Pyana, Pati; Büscher, Philippe; Duffy, Patrick E. (23 January 2017). "Grammomys surdaster, the Natural Host for Plasmodium berghei Parasites, as a Model to Study Whole-Organism Vaccines Against Malaria". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96 (4): 835–841. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0745. PMC 5392629. PMID 28115674.
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gazelle (Gazella rufifrons). Endemic species include the Arid Thicket Rat (Grammomys aridulus) from Jebel Marra. The mountains are home to birds of both Eurasia...
norae), and Mount Kenya mole shrew (Surdisorex polulus), and the rodents Grammomys gigas, Tachyoryctes annectens, and Tachyoryctes audax. Limited-range mammals...
hairy-footed gerbil Genus Gerbillus Genus Golunda - Indian bush rat Genus Grammomys - thicket rat Genus Hadromys Genus Haeromys - ranee mouse Genus Hapalomys...
VU Genus: Grammomys Forest thicket rat, Grammomys dryas NT Ruwenzori thicket rat, Grammomys ibeanus LC Macmillan's thicket rat, Grammomys macmillani...
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