Single-striped grass mouse

The single-striped grass mouse or single-striped lemniscomys (Lemniscomys rosalia) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

Single-striped grass mouse
Tagged single-striped grass mouse (L. rosalia) in Mbuluzi Game Reserve, Swaziland.

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lemniscomys
Species:
L. rosalia
Binomial name
Lemniscomys rosalia
(Thomas, 1904)

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land.

References

  1. Van der Straeten, E., Monadjem, A. & Corti, M. 2004. Lemniscomys rosalia. 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 (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1343. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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