Arvicanthis nairobae

J. A. Allen, 1909

Nairobi 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

Allen, J.A. 1909-03-19. Mammals from British East Africa, collected by the Tjäder Expedition of 1906. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(12):147-175.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/464

Original name as described

Arvicanthis nairobæ

Other common names

East African Arvicanthis

Type material

AMNH M-27877

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Nairobi, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Ethiopia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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