Liberian Forest Hybomys

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Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Hybomys
Species:	H. planifrons

Binomial name

Hybomys planifrons
(Miller, 1900)

The Liberian Forest Hybomys or Miller's Striped Mouse (Hybomys planifrons) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

[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.
Van der Straeten, E. & Decher, J. 2004. Hybomys planifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.