Moon Striped Mouse

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Moon Striped Mouse
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Hybomys Species: H. lunaris
Binomial name
Hybomys lunaris (Thomas, 1906)

The Moon Striped Mouse or Ruwenzori Hybomys (Hybomys lunaris) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[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. & Kerbis Peterhans, J. 2004. Hybomys lunaris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.