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African and Indian Bush Rats
Arvicanthini
Arvicanthini is a tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. Almost all recent species in this tribe are or were found in Africa aside from one species, the Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti), which is found in South Asia and Iran. However, some fossil Golunda species from India and the genus Parapelomys (known to have inhabited Arabia and Pakistan) are thought to have also occurred outside Africa, and one species in the fossil genus Saidomys...
19 branches of this tribe, most-observed first · about 86 known species
Four-striped mice
genusRhabdomys
Grass Rats
genusArvicanthis
Striped Grass Mice
genusLemniscomys
Acacia Rats
genusThallomys
Micaelamys
genusMicaelamys
Thicket Rats
genusGrammomys
Veld Rats
genusAethomys
Golunda
genusGolunda
Rufous-nosed Rats
genusOenomys
Typomys
genusTypomys
African Forest Mice
genusHybomys
Shaggy Rats
genusDasymys
Dephomys
genusDephomys
Scrub Rats
genusDesmomys
Stochomys
genusStochomys
Thicket Rats
genusThamnomys
Creek Rats
genusPelomys
Mill Rats
genusMylomys
Lamottemys
genusLamottemys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846299.