Awash multimammate mouse
| Awash multimammate mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Mastomys |
| Species: | M. awashensis
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| Binomial name | |
| 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.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss. It is also considered as a pest for grain crops.[3] Its ecology has been studied in detail in the croplands of the Degua Tembien district.[4]
References
- ^ Lavrenchenko, L. & Corti, M. 2004. Mastomys awashensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ^ Meheretu Yonas; Kiros Welegerima; Sluydts, V; Bauer, H; Kindeya Gebrehiwot; Deckers, J; Makundi, R; Leirs, H (2015). "Reproduction and survival of rodents in crop fields: the effects of rainfall, crop stage and stone-bund density". Wildlife Research. 42: 158–164.
- ^ Meheretu Yonas; Kiros Welegerima; Deckers, S; Raes, D; Makundi, R; Leirs, H. "Farmers' perspectives of rodent damage and management from the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia". Crop Protection. 29: 532–539.
- ^ Meheretu Yonas; Leirs, H (2019). Raptor perch sites for biological control of agricultural pest rodents. In: Nyssen J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (Eds.). Geo-trekking in Ethiopia’s Tropical Mountains - The Dogu’a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
- 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.
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