Forrest's mouse
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| Forrest's mouse | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Leggadina |
| Species: | L. forresti |
| Binomial name | |
| Leggadina forresti (Thomas, 1906) |
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Forrest's mouse (Leggadina forresti), or desert short-tailed mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland habitat of tussock grasslands, stony salt bush and spinifex hillsides along with riparian Coolabah forests of central Australia.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ Robinson, T. & Read, J. (2008). Leggadina forresti. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- ^ Menkhorst. P, Knight. F "A field Guide to the Mammals of Australia" Oxford University Press South Melbourne, 2001, p.184 ISBN 0-19-550870-X
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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