Buffoon striped grass mouse (Redirected from Lemniscomys macculus)

Buffoon striped grass mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lemniscomys
Species:
L. macculus
Binomial name
Lemniscomys macculus
(Thomas & Wroughton, 1910)

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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