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/9781470Original 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
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