Mahomet Mouse

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Mahomet Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Mus Species: M. mahomet
Binomial name
Mus mahomet Rhoads, 1896

The Mahomet Mouse (Mus mahomet) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• Lavrenchenko, L. 2004. Mus mahomet. 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.