Buffoon striped grass mouse
(Redirected from Lemniscomys macculus)
| Buffoon striped grass mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Lemniscomys |
| Species: | L. macculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lemniscomys macculus (Thomas & Wroughton, 1910) | |
The Buffoon lemniscomys or Buffoon striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys macculus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, and possibly Rwanda. Its natural habitats are moist savannah and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References
[edit]- ↑ van der Straeten, E.; Lavrenchenko, L.; Abdel-Rahman, E.H. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Lemniscomys macculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T11492A115102917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T11492A22439152.en. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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