Macmillan's Grammomys

discussion

COMMENTS: Hutterer and Dieterlen (1984) provided historical association of the name with other taxa. Chromosomal variation (under name of gazellae) documented by Civitelli et al. (1989). The records form Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique are based on series in the American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, and the National Museum of Natural History and represent significant range extensions beyond that outlined by Hutterer and Dieterlen (1984). Judged by Roberts's (1938) description and our study of one of the specimens in his original series (24046 in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard), vumbaensis from E Zimbabwe (Vunba and Mount Seiinda) clearly belongs in the synonymy of G. macmillani rather than dolichurus where Meester et al. (1986) listed it. Matschie's (1915) usambarae from N Tanzania is also likely an example of macmillani because of its small size and short molar row.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Central African Republic, S Sudan, S Ethiopia, N Zaire, Kenya, Uganda (including Bugala Isl in Lake Victoria), Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, and E Zimbabwe.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

activity

Activity patterns. Macmillan’s Thicket Rat are presumably nocturnal and arboreal.

Muridae

biology_ecology

Habitat. Forested and riparian-forest habitats within savanna. Macmillan’s Thicket Rats may occupy holes in trees and in roofs of huts and houses.

Muridae