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Gray-bellied pygmy mouse

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Gray-bellied pygmy mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
Species: M. triton
Binomial name
Mus triton
(Thomas, 1909)

The gray-bellied pygmy mouse (Mus triton) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and arable land.

References

  1. Dieterlen, F.; Agwanda, B. (2008). "Mus triton". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13988A4379335. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13988A4379335.en.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (MelasmothrixMus)
Melasmothrix
division
Melasmothrix
Tateomys
(Greater Sulawesian
shrew rats)
Micromys
division
Chiropodomys
(Pencil-tailed
tree mice)
Haeromys
(Pygmy tree mice)
Hapalomys
(Marmoset rats)
Micromys
Vandeleuria
(Long-tailed
climbing mice)
Vernaya
Millardia
division
Cremnomys
Diomys
Madromys
Millardia
(Asian
soft-furred rats)
Mus division
Muriculus
Mus
(Typical mice)
See also
AethomysChrotomys
ColomysGolunda
HadromysMaxomys
OenomysPithecheir
PogonomysPseudomys
Rattus
StenocephalomysXeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Mus triton


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