Rupp's mouse
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Stenocephalemys |
Species: | S. ruppi
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Binomial name | |
Stenocephalemys ruppi (Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1983)
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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
[edit]- ^ Lavrenchenko, L., Van der Straten, E. & Corti, M. 2004. Stenocephalemys ruppi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1502. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.