Barbary Striped Grass Mouse
Lemniscomys barbarus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The Barbary striped grass mouse is a small rodent of the suborder Myomorpha. This monotypic species is native to coastal Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in northwest Africa. In the past it was believed to also occur throughout a large part of Sub-Saharan Africa, but these populations are now treated as a separate species, the Heuglin's striped grass mouse. These relatively small Lemniscomys are among the species most commonly kept in captivity.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Lemniscomys