Grammomys dolichurus
(Smuts, 1832)
South African Thicket 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 | : Grammomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Smuts, J. 1832. Dissertatio zoologica, enumerationem mammalium capensium continens. J. C. Cyfveer, Leiden, 108 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088675Original name as described
Mus dolichurus
Other common names
Common Grammomys · Woodland Grammomys · Woodland Mouse · Woodland Thicket Mouse
Type material
RMNH.MAM.19511
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19511Type locality
near Cape Town, South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho? · Mozambique? · Zimbabwe?
Taxonomy notes
previously included G. surdaster and G. polionops, as well as some populations now attributed to G. macmillani and G. cometes
Taxonomy notes citation
Bryja, J., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Nicolas, V., Denys, C., Bryjová, A., Šumbera, R. and Mikula, O. 2024. Integrative taxonomic revision of the African thicket rats (Murinae: Grammomys): how genomics decreases the number of currently recognized species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. (in press).
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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