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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Russell A. Mittermeier</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Thomas E. Lacher, Jr</mods:namePart>
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<figureCitation box="[1357,1440,1035,1073]" captionStart="Plate 46: Muridae" captionStartId="149.[93,123,3260,3285]" captionTargetBox="[1369,1957,2671,3085]" captionTargetPageId="149" captionText="411. Indian Bush Rat (Golunda ellioti), 412. Harrington's Rat (Desmomys harringtoni), 413. Yalden’s Rat (Desmomys yaldeni), 414. Abyssinian Grass Rat (Arvicanthis abyssinicus), 415. Blick’s Grass Rat (Arvicanthis blicki), 416. Neumann's Grass Rat (Arvicanthis neumanni), 417. Sudanian Grass Rat (Arvicanthis ansorgei), 418. African Grass Rat (Arvicanthis niloticus), 419. Guinean Grass Rat (Arvicanthis rufinus), 420. Nairobi Grass Rat (Arvicanthis nawrobae), 421. Common Defua Rat (Dephomys defua), 422. Ivory Coast Defua Rat (Dephomys eburneae), 423. Cameroon Highland Striped Mouse (Hybomys badius), 424. Father Basilio’s Striped Mouse (Hybomys basilii), 425. Liberian Forest Striped Mouse (Hybomys planifrons), 426. West African Striped Mouse (Hybomys trivirgatus), 427. Moon Mountains Striped Mouse (Hybomys lunaris), 428. Peters’s Striped Mouse (Hybomys uniuvittatus), 429. Mount Oku Rat (Lamottemys okuensis), 430. Ethiopian Three-toed Grass Rat (Mylomys rex), 431. Dybowski’s Three-toed Grass Rat (Mylomys dybowskii), 432. Hinde’s Rock Rat (Aethomys hindei), 433. West African Rock Rat (Aethomys stannarius), 434. Bocage’s Rock Rat (Aethomys bocagei), 435. Kaiser’s Rock Rat (Aethomys kaiser), 436. Thomas’s Rock Rat (Aethomys thomasi), 437. Red Rock Rat (Aethomys chrysophilus), 438. Tete Rock Rat (Aethomys ineptus), 439. Nyika Rock Rat (Aethomys nyikae), 440. Silinda Rock Rat (Aethomys silindensis)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887780" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6887780/files/figure.png" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">420.</figureCitation>
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<vernacularName box="[1456,1824,1035,1073]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Nairobi Grass Rat</vernacularName>
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<paragraph blockId="151.[1357,2338,998,1152]" box="[1891,2270,1035,1073]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">
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<taxonomicName authority="J. A. Allen, 1909" authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1909" box="[1891,2270,1035,1073]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL,GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="151" pageNumber="753" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nairobae">
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<emphasis box="[1891,2270,1035,1073]" italics="true" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Arvicanthis nairobae</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="151.[1357,2338,998,1152]" box="[1357,2338,1091,1112]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1357,1433,1091,1112]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">French:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1443,1675,1091,1112]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Rat-roussard de Nairobi</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1697,1788,1091,1112]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">German:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1797,1964,1091,1112]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Nairobi-Grasratte</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1985,2077,1091,1112]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Spanish:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[2087,2338,1091,1112]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Rata de hierba de Nairobi</vernacularName>
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<paragraph blockId="151.[1357,2338,998,1152]" box="[1357,1850,1131,1152]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1357,1604,1131,1152]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Other common names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1614,1850,1131,1152]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">East African Arvicanthis</vernacularName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1969,2124,1200,1229]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="J. A. Allen, 1909" authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL,GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="151" pageNumber="753" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nairobae">Arvicanthis nairobae J. A. Allen, 1909</taxonomicName>
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,
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3864424945" box="[2054,2270,1243,1268]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Nairobi, Kenya.</materialsCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="151" pageNumber="753" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="151.[1945,2563,1200,1623]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1909" box="[1970,2238,1274,1308]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL,GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="151" pageNumber="753" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nairobae">Arvicanthis nairobae</taxonomicName>
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is easily confused with A. mniloticus, making the geographical boundaries of the species unclear. Diagno- sis is best based on chromosomal comple- ment, that of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1909" box="[2162,2270,1431,1465]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL,GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="151" pageNumber="753" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nairobae">nairobae</taxonomicName>
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having 2n = 62, FN = 78. Monotypic.
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887798" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6887798" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6887798/files/figure.png" inLine="true" pageId="151" pageNumber="753" startId="151.[1970,2142,1510,1544]" targetBox="[1355,1946,1208,1622]" targetPageId="151">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1970,2146,1510,1544]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Distribution.</emphasis>
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On basis of chromosomally determined specimens, Nairobi Grass Rat occurs in narrow band from C & W Kenya
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<paragraph blockId="151.[1358,2563,1630,2412]" box="[1359,2073,1630,1664]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">to N Tanzania; it may be present also in S Ethiopia.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1358,1606,1673,1702]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head—body 118-167 mm, tail 94-129 mm, ear 15-19 mm, hindfoot 22-30 mm; weight 51-135 g. The Nairobi Grass Rat is medium-sized; fur dorsally quite coarse and grizzled chestnut brown, and ventrally tan and softer-textured. Ears are small and covered with short brown hairs. Tail is relatively short (¢.73% of head—body length), darker above than below, and coarsely scaled with small bristles. Limbs are relatively short, with four digits on forefoot (first digit is absent; fifth digit is highly reduced but still bears a claw) and five digits on hindfoot.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1359,1470,1945,1979]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Somali-Masai grasslands and savannas, especially where there is woody cover combined with long grasses; e.g. dead trees and man-made bomas (livestock enclosures comprising woody
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<taxonomicName box="[1704,1790,2029,2058]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="151" pageNumber="753" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Acacia</taxonomicName>
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fence).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1359,1620,2067,2096]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
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The Nairobi Grass Ratis herbivorous. Dietmostly consists of grass, with other plants; some arthropods also eaten.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1359,1493,2141,2175]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Breeding.</emphasis>
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Reproduction is seasonal. Average litter size (number of embryos) 5-5 (range 2-12).
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<subSubSection box="[1358,2242,2221,2255]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753" type="activity">
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<paragraph blockId="151.[1358,2563,1630,2412]" box="[1358,2242,2221,2255]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1358,1592,2221,2255]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
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Nairobi Grass Rats are diurnal and terrestrial.
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<subSubSection pageId="151" pageNumber="753" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph blockId="151.[1358,2563,1630,2412]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1359,2055,2260,2294]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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The Nairobi Grass Rat is very social, living in large colonies. Densities may reach 100-200 ind/ha.
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<subSubSection box="[1360,2410,2339,2373]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753" type="conservation">
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<paragraph blockId="151.[1358,2563,1630,2412]" box="[1360,2410,2339,2373]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1360,1709,2339,2373]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
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Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red Lust.
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<subSubSection box="[1360,2352,2387,2412]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753" type="bibRefCitation_list">
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<paragraph blockId="151.[1358,2563,1630,2412]" box="[1360,2352,2387,2412]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1360,1513,2387,2412]" pageId="151" pageNumber="753">Bibliography.</emphasis>
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Castiglia et al. (2006), Happold (2013a), Monadjem et al. (2015), Neal (1981).
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