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Rhabdomys is a largely Southern African genus of muroid rodents slightly larger than house mice.They are known variously as striped or four-striped mice or rats.Traditionally the genus has been seen as a single species, Rhabdomys pumilio, though modern evidence on the basis of karyotype and mtDNA analysis suggests that it comprises two or more species and subspecies. [1]
Lemniscomys, sometimes known as striped grass mice or zebra mice, is a genus of murine rodents from Africa. Most species are from Sub-Saharan Africa ; L. barbarus is the only one found north of the Sahara . [ 1 ]
The four-striped grass mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) or four-striped grass rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. [2]It is found throughout the southern half of Africa up to 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) above sea level, extending as far north as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]
Miller's striped mouse; Mittendorf's striped grass mouse; Monard's African climbing mouse; Montane wood mouse; Moon striped mouse; Mount Kahuzi climbing mouse; Mount Lefo brush-furred mouse; Mount Oku hylomyscus; Mount Oku rat; Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse; Guinea multimammate mouse; Mozambique thicket rat; Mullah spiny mouse; Mutable sun ...
Rhabdomys dilectus is a fairly typical smallish murid, rather larger than house mice. Head+body length is between 90 and 135 mm, the length of the tail between 80 and 135 mm, the length of the foot between 17 and 33 mm, the length of the ears between 10.0 and 20 mm and the weight up to 68 g.
The Barbary striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys barbarus) is a small rodent of the suborder Myomorpha. This monotypic species is native to coastal Morocco , Algeria and Tunisia in northwest Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the past it was believed to also occur throughout a large part of Sub-Saharan Africa , but these populations are now treated as a ...
Lemniscomys striatus pulchella from Joseph Wolf – Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 Lemniscomys striatus at the Leipzig Zoo. Lemniscomys striatus is a small rodent, with the length of the head and the body between 93 and 142 mm, the length of the tail between 92 and 155 mm, the length of the foot between 20.5 and 32 mm, the length of the ears between 14 and 17.5 mm and a ...
The single-striped grass mouse or single-striped lemniscomys (Lemniscomys rosalia) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. 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.