| Blick's grass rat | |
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| Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia | |
| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Arvicanthis |
| Species: | A. blicki |
| Binomial name | |
| Arvicanthis blicki Frick, 1914 | |
Blick's grass rat (Arvicanthis blicki) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Lavrenchenko, L. 2004. Arvicanthis blicki. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1287. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Arvicanthis blicki | |
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