Single-Striped Grass Mouse

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Single-striped Grass Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Lemniscomys Species: L. rosalia
Binomial name
Lemniscomys rosalia (Thomas, 1904)

The Single-striped Grass Mouse or Single-striped Lemniscomys (Lemniscomys rosalia) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land.

[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., Monadjem, A. & Corti, M. 2004. Lemniscomys rosalia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.