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Gray-headed thicket rat

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Gray-headed thicket rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Grammomys
Species:
G. caniceps
Binomial name
Grammomys caniceps
Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1984

The gray-headed thicket rat (Grammomys caniceps) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Kenya and Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

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  • Boitani, L. & Hutterer, R. 2004. Grammomys caniceps. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1323. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.