Grant's rock mouse

Grant's rock mouse
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Aethomys
Species:	A. granti
Binomial name
	Aethomys granti; (Wroughton, 1908)
Synonyms
	Micaelamys granti ; Rattus granti

Grant's rock mouse or Grant's rock rat (Aethomys granti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae[2] found only in South Africa. It is sometimes included in the genus Micaelamys. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.

References

Boitani, L. (2008). "Aethomys granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[1] Boitani, L. (2008). "Aethomys granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[MSW3-2] 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.