Neumann's Grass Rat Arvicanthis neumanni

Neumann's Grass Rat keeps the red flag flying
Neumann's Grass Rat
Neumann's Grass Rat is more like a large grass mouse than a rat. It has two distinct populations in eastern Africa, one in Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan and one in Tanzania (and maybe also Kenya).
Neumann's Grass Rat
Neumann's Grass Rat
Neumann's Grass Rat
Its habitat is dry savannah/grassland and bush. The northern population is also called the Somali Grass Rat.
Neumann's Grass Rat
Neumann's Grass Rat
Neumann's Grass Rat
It is closely related to the similar African Grass Rat, Arvicanthis niloticus, which has several subspecies covering savanna habitat from Egypt to Zambia in the east, central Africa and west Africa; the African is also prevalent in part of the Middle East.