Delicate mouse
Species of rodent
Delicate mouse | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
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
- ^ Lavrenchenko, L. & Schlitter, D. (2008). "Mus tenellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
- ^ 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.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)
division
Melasmothrix |
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Tateomys (Greater Sulawesian shrew rats) |
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division
Chiropodomys (Pencil-tailed tree mice) |
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Haeromys (Pygmy tree mice) |
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Hapalomys (Marmoset rats) |
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Micromys |
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Vandeleuria (Long-tailed climbing mice) |
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Vernaya |
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Cremnomys |
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Diomys |
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Madromys |
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Millardia (Asian soft-furred rats) |
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Muriculus |
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Mus (Typical mice) |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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