Awash multimammate mouse
Awash multimammate mouse | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Mastomys |
Species: | M. awashensis |
Binomial name | |
Mastomys awashensis Lavrenchenko, Likhnova & Baskevich, 1998 | |
The Awash mastomys or Awash multimammate mouse (Mastomys awashensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Lavrenchenko, L. & Corti, M. 2004. Mastomys awashensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.