Arvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats

Species

Genus Arvicanthis - unstriped grass mice

• Abyssinian Grass Rat, Arvicanthis abyssinicus Rüppell, 1842
• Sudanian Grass Rat, Arvicanthis ansorgei Thomas, 1910
• Blick's Grass Rat, Arvicanthis blicki Frick, 1914
• Nairobi Grass Rat, Arvicanthis nairobae J. A. Allen, 1909
• Neumann's Grass Rat, Arvicanthis neumanni Matschie, 1894
• African Grass Rat, Arvicanthis niloticus É. Geoffroy, 1803
• Guinean Grass Rat, Arvicanthis rufinus Temminck, 1853

References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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