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Dainty fat mouse

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Dainty Fat Mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Nesomyidae
Genus:
Steatomys
Species:
S. cuppedius
Binomial name
Steatomys cuppedius
Thomas & Hinton, 1920

The 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.
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