Arvicanthis
Arvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats. Species Genus Arvicanthis - unstriped grass mice Abyssinian grass rat, Arvicanthis abyssinicus Rüppell, 1842 Sudanian grass rat, Arvicanthis ansorgei Thomas, 1910 Blick's grass rat, Arvicanthis blicki Frick, 1914 Nairobi grass rat, Arvicanthis nairobae J. A. Allen, 1909 Neumann's grass rat, Arvicanthis neumanni Matschie, 1894 African grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus É. Geoffroy, 1803 Guinean grass rat, Arvicanthis rufinus Temminck, 1853 Genetic evidence indicates that the extinct Canariomys is also nested within this genus. References Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Rodent genera Taxa named by René Lesson