Northwestern fat mouse
| Northwestern fat mouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Genus: | Steatomys |
| Species: | S. caurinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Steatomys caurinus Thomas, 1912 | |
The northwestern fat mouse (Steatomys caurinus) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References
- 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.
- Schlitter, D. & Coetzee, N. 2004. Steatomys caurinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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