| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Muridae |
| Scientific Name: | Arvicanthis niloticus | |||
| Species Authority: | (É. Geoffroy, 1803) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Date Assessed: | 2016-08-19 |
| Assessor(s): | Granjon, L. |
| Reviewer(s): | Amori, G. |
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Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. |
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| Range Description: | The species is mostly a sub-Saharan species although it occurs in the Arabian Peninsula, where it may have been introduced by man, and has been recorded across the Sahara, but it is mostly extinct there. This species is widespread in savannas in Africa, found from South Mauritania and Senegal across the Sahel to Sudan and Ethiopia, from here it ranges southwards to Uganda and central Kenya. Its presence in central Tanzania and Zambia is uncertain. The species is found along the Nile Valley where its distribution is restricted to a narrow strip of flooded plain. It has additionally been recorded from at least three isolated Saharan mountain ranges. In Ethiopia it is not found above 1,600 m asl. |
| Countries occurrence: | Native: Burkina Faso; Burundi; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Oman; Rwanda; Senegal; Sudan; Uganda; Yemen |
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| Range Map: | Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. |
| Population: | It is very common. It is considered a pest species in many places where it occurs. | ||
| Current Population Trend: |  Unknown | ||
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
This species favours grasslands, savanna, and shrublands. It is also a commensal species that is very common close to villages and other modified habitats. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | There are no major threats to this species. |
| Conservation Actions: |
There are no conservation measures in place; probably present in the majority of protected areas in the distribution zone - such as Zakouma National Park, Chad (Granjon et al. 2004). Further studies are needed into the taxonomy, distribution, abundance, reproduction and ecology of this species. |
| Errata reason: | This errata assessment has been created because the map was accidentally left out of the version published previously. |
| Citation: | Granjon, L. 2016. Arvicanthis niloticus. (errata version published in 2017) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T2147A115060432. . Downloaded on 28 July 2017. |
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