Ethiopian Striped Mouse

Ethiopian Striped Mouse
Ethiopian Striped Mouse
Temporal range: Recent
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Muriculus
Thomas, 1903
Species: M. imberbis
Binomial name
Muriculus imberbis
(Rüppell, 1842)

The Ethiopian Striped Mouse or Striped-back Mouse (Muriculus imberbis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  • Lavrenchenko, L. & Schlitter, D. 2004. Muriculus imberbis. 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.