- Rupp's Mouse
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Rupp's Mouse Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Stenocephalemys Species: S. ruppi Binomial name Stenocephalemys ruppi
(Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1983)Synonyms Myomys ruppi (Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1983)
Rupp's Mouse or Rupp's Stenocephalemys (Stenocephalemys ruppi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Lavrenchenko, L., Van der Straten, E. & Corti, M. 2004. Stenocephalemys ruppi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.