Shortridge's multimammate mouse

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Shortridge's multimammate mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mastomys
Species:
M. shortridgei
Binomial name
Mastomys shortridgei
(St. Leger, 1933)

Shortridge's multimammate mouse (Mastomys shortridgei) is a rodent species in the family Muridae. [2] It is native to Angola, Botswana and Namibia. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Cassola, F. (2016). "Mastomys shortridgei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T12869A22425542. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12869A22425542.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 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. 1367. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.