Ethiopian thicket rat

Ethiopian thicket rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Grammomys
Species:	G. minnae
Binomial name
Grammomys minnae Hutterer & Dieterlen, 1984

The Ethiopian thicket rat (Grammomys minnae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References[]

• Boitani, L., Lavrenchenko, L. & Dieterlen, F. 2004. Grammomys minnae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 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. 1326. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.