Ethiopian Striped Mouse Temporal range: Recent |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Genus: | Muriculus Thomas, 1903 |
Species: | M. imberbis |
Binomial name | |
Muriculus imberbis (Rüppell, 1842) |
The Ethiopian Striped Mouse or Striped-back Mouse (Muriculus imberbis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.