The Ethiopian striped mouse or striped-back mouse (''Mus imberbis'') is a species of
rodent in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae come ...
.
It is only found in
Ethiopia.
[ It was formerly classified in the monotypic genus ''Muriculus'', but phylogenetic evidence supports ''Muriculus'' being a ]subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
within ''Mus
Mus or MUS may refer to:
Abbreviations
* MUS, the NATO country code for Mauritius
* MUS, the IATA airport code for Minami Torishima Airport
* MUS, abbreviation for the Centre for Modern Urban Studies on Campus The Hague, Leiden University, Neth ...
'', the true mice.
References
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Endemic fauna of Ethiopia
Old World rats and mice
Mammals of Ethiopia
Mammals described in 1842
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Mus (rodent)
Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN