Eastern Rainforest Grammomys
Grammomys kuru (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)
Also calledGrammomys du Congo (fra) · Zentralafrika-Akazienmaus (deu)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.19 p.381
The eastern rainforest grammomys (Grammomys kuru), also known as the eastern rainforest thicket rat, is a species of rodent from the family Muridae.
The eastern rainforest grammomys is distributed in the Congo Basin in the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the forest patches of western Uganda, and possibly the Republic of Congo. The species is found in moist and semi-dry montane and lowland rainforest.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Phylogenetically closely related to G. poensis but differs in its smaller skull and shorter molar rows. The karyotype 2 n = 50 described by Matthey (1963) for a specimen captured in Republic of Congo probably refers to G. kuru and contrasts with the 2 n = 36 reported from the Côte d’Ivoire (see account of G. poensis). The taxon kuru has been treated as a synonym of G. rutilans (D. H. S. Davis, 1965; Musser and Carleton, 1993) or sometimes listed as a species (e. g., Ellerman, 1941), but with provisions (Hatt, 1940 b; Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1984; Thomas, 1915); our study of the holotype revealed it is a very young adult. Measurements of the molar rows are like those in samples from E Dem. Rep. Congo and unlike samples of the larger G. poensis (see discussion in Hatt, 1940 b).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Probably most of the E Congo Basin in S Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo, forest patches in W Uganda (Delany, 1975, as rutilans), and possibly Republic of Congo; limits unresolved.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: NE Dem. Rep. Congo, Orientale, Angu, Uele River.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. Eastern Rainforest Thicket Rats are nocturnal and arboreal.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264883.