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Species:
Barbary Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys barbarus.
General:
There is some interest in the fact that this species shows a lot of local variation in colour and pattern, and also in size, thus suggesting that there might be a revision of the species in the future. maybe it will be divided in subspecies or separate species. Closest relative is L. hoogstraali.
The name Barbary comes from the fact that the first caught specimens was found in an area called "Barbaria" in Marocco.
Distribution:
Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, W Sahara, Senegal, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya N Uganda, Tanzania, and E Zaire.
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Last update: 16th of July 2007.