Typical Striped Grass Mouse

Taxobox
status = LR/lc
name = Typical Striped Grass Mouse

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Lemniscomys"
species = "L. striatus"
binomial = "Lemniscomys striatus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)The Typical Striped Grass Mouse ("Lemniscomys striatus") is a small rodent of the suborder Myomorpha, native to Africa, and with longitudinally-striped fur. There are about eleven different species of striped grass mouse, [http://www.waza.org/virtualzoo/factsheet.php?id=110-011-028-001&view=Rodents%20and%20Hares&main=virtualzoo World Association of Zoos and Aquariums: "Striped Grass Mouse"] ] of which "Lemniscomys barbarus" and "Lemniscomys striatus" are the two most frequently encountered in captivity. [http://www.jirds.cwc.net/rag/profiles/stms.htm Russel Tofts: "Striped Mouse"] ]

The average adult weight is 42.3g. [http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Lemniscomys_striatus "Lemniscomys striatus" entry in The Animal Aging Database] ] The female reaches sexual maturity at around 168 days, the gestation period is about twenty-five days, and the average number of babies in a litter is 4.54. [http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Lemniscomys_striatus "Lemniscomys striatus" entry in The Animal Aging Database] ]

The lifespan of the typical striped grass mouse is short. In the wild, they generally do not live past their first breeding season. In captivity, they may live longer. The maximum age documented for a typical striped grass mouse in captivity is 4.8 years. [http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Lemniscomys_striatus "Lemniscomys striatus" entry in The Animal Aging Database] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.rodent-info.de/tuepfelgrasmaus_allgemeines.htm Tüpfelgrasmäuse]
* [http://www.waza.org/virtualzoo/factsheet.php?id=110-011-028-001&view=Rodents%20and%20Hares&main=virtualzoo Striped grass mouse entry at World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA)]
* [http://www.jirds.cwc.net/rag/profiles/stms.htm Russel Tofts: "Striped Mouse"]
* [http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Lemniscomys_striatus "Lemniscomys striatus" entry in "AnAge": The Animal Aging Database]
* [http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/cgi-bin/wdb/msw/names/query/23234 "Lemniscomys striatus" entry in NMNH Mammal Species of the World]
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11495/all "Lemniscomys striatus" entry in the IUCN Red List of threatened species]