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Shortridge's multimammate mouse

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Species of rodent

Shortridge's multimammate mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mastomys
Species: M. shortridgei
Binomial name
Mastomys shortridgei
(St. Leger, 1933)

Shortridge's multimammate mouse (Mastomys shortridgei) is a rodent species in the family Muridae. It is native to Angola, Botswana and Namibia. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.

References

  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Mastomys shortridgei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12869A22425542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12869A22425542.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1367. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Stenocephalomys–Xeromys)
Stenocephalomys
Division
Congomys
Heimyscus
Hylomyscus
(African wood mice)
Mastomys
(Multimammate rats)
Montemys
Myomyscus
(Multimammate rats)
Ochromyscus
Praomys
(African
soft-furred rats)
Serengetimys
Stenocephalemys
(Ethiopian
narrow-headed rats)
Uromys Division
Melomys
(Banana rats)
Paramelomys
Protochromys
Solomys
(Naked-tailed rats)
Uromys
(Giant naked-tailed rats)
Xeromys Division
Leptomys
Pseudohydromys
(New Guinea
false water rats)
Xeromys
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Mastomys shortridgei


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