Buffoon striped grass mouse
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| Species: | L. macculus
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| Lemniscomys macculus (Thomas & Wroughton, 1910)
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The Buffoon lemniscomys or Buffoon striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys macculus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, and possibly Rwanda. Its natural habitats are moist savannah and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References
- 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Van der Straeten, E., Lavrenchenko, L. & Rahman, E.A. 2004. Lemniscomys macculus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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