Species Mastomys shortridgei (St. Leger, 1933) (Shortridge's multimammate mouse)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Mastomys shortridgei
Characteristics:herbivore; length: 22cm, tail-length: 10cm; dark fur above, greyish-white belly; females have up to 12 pairs of nipples
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
Ecoregions:
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 126
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