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Striped Grass Mice
Lemniscomys
Lemniscomys, sometimes known as striped grass mice or zebra mice, is a genus of murine rodents from Africa. Most species are from Sub-Saharan Africa; L. barbarus is the only found north of the Sahara. They are generally found in grassy habitats, but where several species overlap in distribution there is a level of habitat differentiation between them.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Single-striped Grass Mouse
speciesLemniscomys rosalia
Typical Striped Grass Mouse
speciesLemniscomys striatus
Barbary Striped Grass Mouse
speciesLemniscomys barbarus
Heuglin's Striped Grass Mouse
speciesLemniscomys zebra
Buffoon Striped Grass Mouse
speciesLemniscomys macculus
Senegal One-striped Grass Mouse
speciesLemniscomys linulus
Griselda's Striped Grass Mouse
speciesLemniscomys griselda
Mittendorf's Striped Grass Mouse
speciesLemniscomys mittendorfi
Rosevear's Striped Grass Mouse
speciesLemniscomys roseveari
Hoogstraal's Striped Grass Mouse
speciesLemniscomys hoogstraali
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45495.