Arvicanthis neumanni
(Matschie, 1894)
Neumann'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
Matschie, P. 1894. Derselbe legte hierauf neue Säugethiere aus den Sammlungen der Herren Zenker, Neumann, Stuhlmann und Emin vor. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1894:194-206.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581314Original name as described
Mus neumanni
Other common names
Neumann's Arvicanthis · Somali Grass Rat
Type locality
Barungi, Kondoa District, Tanzania.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ethiopia · Djibouti? · Somalia · Kenya · Tanzania
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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