Miller's striped mouse

Miller's striped mouse or the Liberian forest hybomys (Hybomys planifrons) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Miller's Striped Mouse

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Hybomys
Species:
H. planifrons
Binomial name
Hybomys planifrons
(Miller, 1900)

References

  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  • Van der Straeten, E. & Decher, J. 2004. Hybomys planifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.


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