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Arvicanthis neumanni (Neumann's grass rat)

Synonyms: Arvicanthis reptans

Wikipedia Abstract

Neumann's grass rat (Arvicanthis neumanni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and possibly Kenya.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.44
EDGE Score: 2.13
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  73 grams
Diet [2]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  70 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Maximum Longevity [1]  2 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (20 cm)

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania No
Horn of Africa Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Xenopsylla cheopis (oriental rat flea)[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3International Flea Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0