Hoogstraal's striped
grass mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lemniscomys
Species:
L. hoogstraali
Binomial name
Lemniscomys hoogstraali
Dieterlen, 1991

Hoogstraal's lemniscomys or Hoogstraal's striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys hoogstraali) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is known only from the type specimen collected in 1961 at Paloich, north of Niayok,[1] South Sudan.

Its descriptive common name is based on its striped markings and its natural habitat in moist savanna. The specific epithet honors entomologist and parasitologist Dr. Harry Hoogstraal.

References

  1. 1 2 van der Straeten, E. & Abdel-Rahman, E.H. (2017) [errata version of 201 assessment]. "Lemniscomys hoogstraali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 201: e.T11490A115102793. Retrieved 7 September 2020.


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