Species Petromyscus collinus (Thomas and Hinton, 1925) (Pygmy rock mouse)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Petromyscus collinus
Characteristics:omnivore; length: 19 cm: tail-length: 10 cm; grey-yellow to brown-yellow upperparts, greyish- white underside, heavily scaled tail, large ears,
Countries:
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:

AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
AT1310
Kaokoveld desert
AT1314
Nama Karoo
AT1316
Namibian savanna woodlands
AT1322
Succulent Karoo
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References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 132
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