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Grant's Micaelamys
Micaelamys granti (Wroughton, 1908)
Also calledGrant se Klipmuis (afr) · Grant-Buschlandratte (deu) · Grant-Buschratte (deu) · Rat de Grant (fra) · afrosawannik przylądkowy (pol) · kapinkalliorotta (fin) · Крыса Гранта (rus) · グラントヤブネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8 vol.1 p.257
Grant's rock mouse or Grant's rock rat (Micaelamys granti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
found only in South Africa. It is sometimes included in the genus Aethomys.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Meester et al. (1986: 292) and Chimimba (1998: 435) provided historical taxonomic allocations of granti, which ranged from Myomys, through Rattus and Mastomys, and finally to Micaelamys as either genus or subgenus of Aethomys. Reviewed and compared with M. namaquensis, its closest relative, by Skinner and Smithers (1990) and also reviewed by de Graaff (1997 w). Analysis of geographic variation (Chimimba et al., 1998) suggested a clinal pattern (southwesterly-northeasterly) with size of cranium negatively correlated with longitude and positively with latitude. No significant steps in the clinal variation were detected and subspecies were not recognized.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: South Africa, known only from the fynbos, succulent karoo, and nama-Karoo biomes (Mugo et al., 1995) in SC South Africa (the Great Karoo region; Chimimba et al., 1999: 508; de Graaff, 1997 w; Skinner and Smithers, 1990: 279).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: South Africa, NE Western Cape Province, Deelfontein, north of Richmond, (see Chimimba, 1998: 435, for details).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Rocky areas in fynbos, Succulent Karoo and Nama-Karoo biomes.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264923.