Servant Mouse

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Servant Mouse
Conservation status
Endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Mus Species: M. famulus
Binomial name
Mus famulus Bonhote, 1898

The Servant Mouse (Mus famulus) or Bonhote's mouse, is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• CBSG CAMP Workshop, India 2000. Mus famulus. 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.