Ethiopian thicket rat

Ethiopian thicket rat
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.

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