Jackson's Fat Mouse

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Jackson's Fat Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Steatomys
Species: S. jacksoni
Binomial name
Steatomys jacksoni
Hayman, 1936

The Jackson's Fat Mouse (Steatomys jacksoni) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found in Ghana and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are arable land and .

[edit] References

  • 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.
  • Schlitter, D. 2004. Steatomys jacksoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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