Arid Woodland Grammomys

discussion

COMMENTS: Usually either listed as a subspecies of G. macmillani (Allen, 1939; Ellerman, 1941; Setzer, 1956) or included in G. dolichurus (Misonne, 1974), but considered a distinct species by Hutterer and Dieterlen (1984).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

biology_ecology

Habitat. Bushy savanna above 1000 m. Food and Feeding. Arid Woodland Thicket Rats are presumably herbivorous, feeding on a range of plants and fruits. Breeding. Reproduction occurs in the wet season. Activity patterns. Arid Woodland Thicket Rats are nocturnal and arboreal. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Muridae

conservation

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Arid Woodland Thicket Rat is very sparsely distributed, and few records are known.

Muridae

description

Descriptive notes. Head-body 110 - 116 mm, tail 181 - 188 mm, ear 18 mm, hindfoot 23 - 24 mm; weight 41 - 46 g. The Arid Woodland Thicket Rat has fur thatis olive brown above, with bright orange-brown flanks and creamy white venter. Tail is very long (163 % of head-body length), semi-prehensile and tufted, darker above and paler below, terminal third with longer hairs. Ears are ocherous tawny on inner and outer surfaces. Feet are creamy buff, with four digits on forefoot and five on relatively short hindfoot, thefifth digit longer and semi-opposable in all members of genus. Females have 1 + 2 = 3 pairs of nipples.

Muridae