Arvicanthis Lesson 1842

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

Genetic evidence indicates that the extinct Canariomys is also nested within this genus.^[1]

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.