Grammomys

Grammomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent

Grammomys dolichurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Grammomys Thomas, 1915
Species
Grammomys aridulus Grammomys brevirostris Grammomys buntingi Grammomys caniceps Grammomys cometes Grammomys dolichurus Grammomys dryas Grammomys gigas Grammomys ibeanus Grammomys kuru Grammomys macmillani Grammomys minnae Grammomys poensis

Grammomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:

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.

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)

Oenomys
Division

Grammomys	Arid thicket rat (G. aridulus) G. brevirostris Bunting's thicket rat (G. buntingi) Gray-headed thicket rat (G. caniceps) Mozambique thicket rat (G. cometes) Woodland thicket rat (G. dolichurus) Forest thicket rat (G. dryas) Giant thicket rat (G. gigas) Ruwenzori thicket rat (G. ibeanus) Eastern rainforest thicket rat (G. kuru) Macmillan's thicket rat (G. macmillani) Ethiopian thicket rat (G. minnae) Shining thicket rat (G. poensis)

Lamottemys	Mount Oku rat (L. okuensis)

Oenomys (Rufous-nosed rats)	Common rufous-nosed rat (O. hypoxanthus) Ghana rufous-nosed rat (O. ornatus)

Thallomys (Acacia rats)	Loring's rat (T. loringi) Black-tailed tree rat (T. nigricauda) Acacia rat (T. paedulcus) Shortridge's rat (T. shortridgei)

Thamnomys (Thicket rats)	Kemp's thicket rat (T. kempi) Hatt's thicket rat (T. major) Charming thicket rat (T. venustus)

Phloeomys
Division

Batomys (Luzon and Mindanao forest rats)	Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat (B. dentatus) Luzon hairy-tailed rat (B. granti) Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat (B. hamiguitan) Dinagat hairy-tailed rat (B. russatus) Mindanao hairy-tailed rat (B. salomonseni)

Carpomys (Luzon rats)	Short-footed Luzon tree rat (C. melanurus) White-bellied Luzon tree rat (C. phaeurus)

Crateromys (Cloudrunners)	Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. australis) Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. schadenbergi) Panay cloudrunner (C. heaneyi) Ilin Island cloudrunner (C. paulus)

Phloeomys (Slender-tailed cloud rats)	Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat (P. cumingi) Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (P. pallidus)

Pithecheir
Division

Eropeplus	Sulawesi soft-furred rat (E. canus)

Lenomys	Trefoil-toothed giant rat (L. meyeri)

Lenothrix	Gray tree rat (L. canus)

Margaretamys (Margareta's rats)	Beccari's margareta rat (M. beccarii) Elegant margareta rat (M. elegans) Little margareta rat (M. parvus)

Pithecheir (Monkey-footed rats)	Red tree rat (P. melanurus) Malayan tree rat (P. parvus)

Pithecheirops	Little-eared tree rat (P. otion)

See also: Aethomys–Chrotomys; Colomys–Golunda; Hadromys–Maxomys; Melasmothrix–Mus; Pogonomys–Pseudomys; Rattus; Stenocephalomys–Xeromys; Otomys; Others

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