- Dainty Fat Mouse
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Dainty Fat Mouse Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Nesomyidae Genus: Steatomys Species: S. cuppedius Binomial name Steatomys cuppedius
Thomas & Hinton, 1920The Dainty Fat Mouse (Steatomys cuppedius) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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.
- Schlitter, D. & Coetzee, N. 2004. Steatomys cuppedius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Muroid rodent stubs
- Nesomyid rodents
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