Species Rhabdomys pumilio (Sparrman, 1784) (Four-striped grass mouse)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Rhabdomys pumilio
Characteristics:herbivore; length: 19cm; the fur is brown on the back and white on the belly; an the back are four characteristic dark stripes;
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
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1201
Albany thickets
AT1202
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
AT1314
Nama Karoo
AT1315
Namib desert
AT1316
Namibian savanna woodlands
AT1319
Somali montane xeric woodlands
AT1322
Succulent Karoo
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 213
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Comments: title 'Rhabdomys pumilio (Four-striped Mouse)'

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