Arvicanthis blicki

C. Frick, 1914

Blick'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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Frick, C. 1914-09. A new genus and some new species and subspecies of Abyssinian rodents. Annals of Carnegie Museum 9:7-28.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781470

Original name as described

Arvicanthis abyssinicus blicki

Other common names

Blick's Arvicanthis

Type material

CM 3430

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Hora Mountain Base Camp, Southern Chilalo Mountains, Abyssinia [= Ethiopia], altitude 9,000 feet [= 2750 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003043

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Arvicanthis abyssinicus blicki

C. Frick, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

blicki

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 3430

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781470

Authority publication

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Arvicanthis blicki

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

blicki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

170

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Happold (2013:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2145/115060298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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