Oubangui Mouse

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Oubangui Mouse
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Mus Species: M. oubanguii
Binomial name
Mus oubanguii Petter & Genest, 1970

The Oubangui Mouse (Mus oubanguii) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Central African Republic. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

[edit] References

• Granjon, L. & Van der Straeten, E. 2004. Mus oubanguii. 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.