Matthey's mouse
Matthey's Mouse | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Mus |
Species: | M. mattheyi |
Binomial name | |
Mus mattheyi Petter, 1969 | |
Matthey's Mouse (Mus mattheyi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Togo, possibly Benin, possibly Guinea, and possibly Guinea-Bissau.
Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
References
- Granjon, L. & Van der Straeten, E. 2004. Mus mattheyi. 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.