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Arvicanthis nairobae J.A.Allen, 1909

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol.26 p.168

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Muridae
genus
Arvicanthis
species
Arvicanthis nairobae

Name

Synonyms
Arvicanthis abyssinicus praeceps Wroughton, 1909
Arvicanthis abyssinicus virescens Heller, 1914
Arvicanthis chanleri Dollman, 1911
Arvicanthis rumruti pallescens Dollman, 1914
Homonyms
Arvicanthis nairobae J.A.Allen, 1909
Common names
East African Arvicanthis in English
East African Arvicanthis in English
East African Arvicanthis in English
East African Arvicanthis in English
East African Arvicanthis in English
East African Arvicanthis in English
Nairobi Grass Rat in English
Nairobi Grass Rat in English
Nairobi-Grasratte in German
Nairobi-Grasratte in German
Ostafrikanische Grasratte in German
Rat roussard du Kenya in French
Rat-roussard de Nairobi in French
Rat-roussard de Nairobi in French
Rata de hierba de Nairobi in language.
kusu sawannowy in Polish
myš nairobská in Czech
nairobinruohorotta in Finnish
Кенийская травяная мышь in Russian
トウブアフリカサバンナネズミ in Japanese
Nairobi Grass Rat in English
East African Arvicanthis in English
Nairobi-Grasratte in German
Ostafrikanische Grasratte in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Hollister, N., 1919: East African Mammals in the United States National Museum. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 99. Part II: Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. vii + 184.
  2. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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