- Heuglin's Lemniscomys
Taxobox
name = Heuglin's Lemniscomys
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
familia =Muridae
genus = "Lemniscomys "
species = "L. zebra"
binomial = "Lemniscomys zebra"
binomial_authority = (Heuglin, 1864)
synonyms =Heuglin's Lemniscomys or Heuglin's Striped Grass Mouse ("Lemniscomys zebra") is a species of
rodent in theMuridae family.It is found inBenin ,Burkina Faso ,Chad ,Democratic Republic of the Congo ,Ivory Coast ,Gambia ,Ghana ,Guinea ,Guinea-Bissau ,Kenya ,Mali ,Niger ,Nigeria ,Senegal ,Sudan ,Tanzania ,Togo ,Uganda , and possiblyEthiopia .Its naturalhabitat s are moistsavanna , subtropical or tropical moistshrubland ,arable land , andplantation s .References
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
* Van der Straeten, E. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/41212/all Lemniscomys zebra] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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