Four-striped grass mouse
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| Species: | R. pumilio
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| Rhabdomys pumilio (Sparrman, 1784)
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The Four-striped Grass Mouse or Four-striped Grass Rat (Rhabdomys pumilio) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, hot deserts, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.
References
- Coetzee, N. & Van der Straeten, E. 2004. Rhabdomys pumilio. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 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.
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