Species Lemniscomys rosalia (Thomas, 1904) (Single-striped grass mouse)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Lemniscomys rosalia
Characteristics:herbivore; length: 27cm; colour ranges from pale grey to brown, down the mid-back is a characteristic dark stripe; the long tail is slim with little hair;
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 212
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27435320
Date: 2014-01-06
Place: Dambari Field Station (Matabeleland, Zimbabwe)
Creator: Simon J. Tonge
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: Feeding on game nuts placed for wild ungulates
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27435322
Date: 2014-01-06
Place: Dambari Field Station (Matabeleland, Zimbabwe)
Creator: Simon J. Tonge
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: Feeding on game nuts placed for wild ungulates

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