Hoogstraal's striped grass mouse

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Hoogstraal's striped
grass mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lemniscomys
Species:
L. hoogstraali
Binomial name
Lemniscomys hoogstraali
Dieterlen, 1991

Hoogstraal's lemniscomys or Hoogstraal's striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys hoogstraali) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is known only from the type specimen collected in 1961 at Paloich, north of Niayok, [1] South Sudan.

Its descriptive common name is based on its striped markings and its natural habitat in moist savanna. The specific epithet honors entomologist and parasitologist Dr. Harry Hoogstraal.

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References

  1. 1 2 van der Straeten, E. & Abdel-Rahman, E.H. (2017) [errata version of 201 assessment]. "Lemniscomys hoogstraali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 201: e.T11490A115102793. Retrieved 7 September 2020.