Awash Mastomys

Taxobox
name = Awash Mastomys
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Mastomys"
species = "M. awashensis"
binomial = "Mastomys awashensis"
binomial_authority = Lavrenchenko, Likhnova & Baskevich, 1998
synonyms = The Awash Mastomys or Awash Multimammate Mouse ("Mastomys awashensis") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found only in Ethiopia.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and arable land.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Lavrenchenko, L. & Corti, M. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/45060/all Mastomys awashensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
*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.