Arvicanthis niloticus (É.Geoffroy, 1803)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Cat. Mam. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris p.186
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Muridae
- genus
- Arvicanthis
- species
- 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 Arvicanthis in English
- African Grass Rat in English
- Nil-Grasratte in German
- Nile Grass Rat in English
- Nilratte in German
- Rat-roussard du Nil in French
- Unstriped Grass Rat in English
- African Grass Rat in English
- African Arvicanthis in English
- Nil-Grasratte in German
- Nilratte in German
Bibliographic References
- 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.
- Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
- 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.