Barbour's Rock Mouse
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Petromyscus barbouri Shortridge & Carter, 1938 |
The Barbour's Rock Mouse (Petromyscus barbouri) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Coetzee, N. & Schlitter, D. 2004. Petromyscus barbouri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.