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Verreaux's mouse

Verreaux's mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Praomyini
Genus:	Myomyscus Shortridge, 1942
Species:	M. verreauxii
Binomial name
Myomyscus verreauxii (Smith, 1834)
Synonyms
Myomys verreauxii (Smith, 1834)

Verreaux's mouseorVerreaux's white-footed rat (Myomyscus verreauxii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Myomyscus. Other species that had been previously assigned to Myomyscus are now considered to belong to the genera Mastomys, Ochromyscus, Praomys and Stenocephalemys.^[2][3]

It is found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

• 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. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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