Awash multimammate mouse
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Species: | M. awashensis
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Mastomys awashensis Lavrenchenko, Likhnova & Baskevich, 1998
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The Awash multimammate mouse or Awash mastomys (Mastomys awashensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Lavrenchenko, L. & Corti, M. 2004. Mastomys awashensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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. 1361–1362. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.