Woodland thicket rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the woodland thicket rat lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Grammomys dolichurus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the woodland thicket rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the woodland thicket rat in 2 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the woodland thicket rat endangered?

The woodland thicket rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the woodland thicket rat?

The woodland thicket rat (Grammomys dolichurus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Grammomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the woodland thicket rat

The woodland thicket rat (Grammomys dolichurus), also known as the woodland mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Uganda.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land, pastureland, and urban areas. It has a total length of 27 cm and its mass is 30g. Nests are made of fine grass and vegetation, usually up to 2 m above ground, and in some cases they make use of the nests of weaver birds (Ploceidae).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Woodland thicket rat (revision 1358257336), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q306677 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).