Grammomys ibeanus
(Osgood, 1910)
East 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
Osgood, W.H. 1910. Diagnoses of new East African mammals, including a new genus of Muridae. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(2):5-13.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462395Original name as described
Thamnomys ibeanus
Other common names
East African Grammomys · Rwenzori Grammomys · Rwenzori Thicket Rat · Mount Kenya Thicket Rat · Giant Grammomys · Giant Thicket Rat · Mount Kenya Grammomys
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:17096
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Molo, Kenya.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Ethiopia
Taxonomy notes
includes gigas
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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