Verreaux's mouse or Verreaux's white-footed rat (''Myomyscus verreauxii'') is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...
in the family
Muridae. It is the only member of 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''.
It is found only in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
.
Its natural
habitat
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s are temperate
forest
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s and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.
References
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Endemic fauna of South Africa
Old World rats and mice
Mammals of South Africa
Mammals described in 1834
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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