Grammomys minnae, Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1984

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 536-884 : 763-764

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6887260

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6788369

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scientific name

Grammomys minnae
status

 

455.

Ethiopian Thicket Rat

Grammomys minnae View in CoL

French: Grammomys de Minna / German: Athiopien-Akazienmaus / Spanish: Rata de matorral de Etiopia

Other common names: Ethiopian Grammomys

Taxonomy. Grammomys minnae Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1984 View in CoL ,

edge of Bulcha Forest,

S ofDilla, Sidamo Province, S Ethiopia, c.1800 m.

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from two montane localities in SE Ethiopia. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 110 mm, tail 173 mm, ear 18 mm, hindfoot 23 mm; weight 36 g. The Ethiopian Thicket Rat’s fur is uniformly grayish brown above apart from slightly darker mask around eyes, with sharply demarcated creamy-white belly. Tail is very long (157% of head-body length), semi-prehensile, and tufted. Feet have four digits on forefoot and five on relatively short hindfoot, fifth digit longer and semi-opposable. Claws are short. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 32, FN = 64.

Habitat. Gallery forest within savanna, at ¢.1800 m altitude.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. Ethiopian Thicket Rats are presumably nocturnal and arboreal.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Hutterer & Dieterlen (1984), Olert etal. (1978).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Grammomys

Loc

Grammomys minnae

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Grammomys minnae

Hutterer & Dieterlen 1984
1984
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