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Arvicanthis niloticus (É.Geoffroy, 1803)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Cat. Mam. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris p.186
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Rodentia
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family
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Muridae
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genus
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Arvicanthis
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species
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Arvicanthis niloticus
Name
- Synonyms
- Arvicanthis abyssinicus centrosus Hollister, 1916
- Arvicanthis abyssinicus rubescens Wroughton, 1909
- Arvicanthis jebelae Heller, 1911
- Arvicanthis niloticus (Desmarest, 1822)
- Arvicanthis niloticus naso Pocock, 1934
- Arvicanthis testicularis solatus Thomas, 1925
- Hypudaeus variegatus Lichtenstein, 1823
- Isomys testicularis Sundevall, 1843
- Isomys variegatus major Sundevall, 1843
- Isomys variegatus minor Sundevall, 1843
- Mus discolor Wagner, 1842
- Homonyms
- Arvicanthis niloticus (Desmarest, 1822)
- Arvicanthis niloticus (É.Geoffroy, 1803)
- Common names
- African Arvicanthis in English
- African Arvicanthis in English
- African Grass Rat in English
- African Arvicanthis in English
- Nil-Grasratte in German
- Nilratte in German
Bibliographic References
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2002: Opinion 2005 (Case 3022): Catalogue des mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803): placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 59, no. 2. 153-154.
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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.