Delicate mouse
Delicate mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Mus |
Species: | M. tenellus |
Binomial name | |
Mus tenellus (Thomas, 1903) |
The delicate mouse (Mus tenellus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and possibly Eritrea. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
References
[edit]- ^ Lavrenchenko, L. & Schlitter, D. (2008). "Mus tenellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ 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. 1410. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.