Hausa mouse
Hausa mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Mus |
Species: | M. haussa
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Binomial name | |
Mus haussa |
The Hausa mouse (Mus haussa) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.
References[]
- ^ Granjon, L. (2016). "Mus haussa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13963A22404540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13963A22404540.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Mus (rodent)
- Mammals described in 1920
- Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
- Taxa named by Martin Hinton
- Murinae stubs