Lemniscomys linulus (Thomas, 1910)

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Senegal Striped Grass Mouse

Lemniscomys linulus

French: Rat-rayé du Sénégal / German: Senegal-Streifengrasmaus / Spanish: Ratén de hierba listado de Senegal

Other common names: Senegal Lemniscomys, Senegal One-striped Grass Mouse

Taxonomy. Arvicanthis linulus Thomas, 1910 ,

“Gamon, French Gambia [= Senegal].”

Lemniscomys linulus was previously treated as a subspecies of L. griselda , but was reinstated as a full species by E. Van der Straeten in 1980. Monotypic.

Distribution. W Africa W of the Dahomey Gap, including Senegal , Mali, Guinea, and Ivory Coast.

Descriptive notes. Head—body 93-126 mm, tail 95-135 mm, ear 15-18 mm, hindfoot

23-28 mm; weight 37-41 g. The Senegal Striped Grass Mouse has fur buffy gray above, contrasting with pure white below, with clear black mid-dorsal stripe and many indistinct lateral stripes of very small pale spots. Tail is long (c.100-105% of head-body length), dark brown above, ocherous laterally, and buff below. Forefeet and hindfeet are buffcolored. Females have 2+2 = 4 pairs of nipples.

Habitat. Drier savanna habitats and agricultural land.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Bellier & Gautun (1967), Happold (2013a), Monadjem et al. (2015), Van der Straeten (1980b).

Figures

469. Barbary Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys barbarus), 470. Typical Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys striatus), 471. [MISSING], 473. Senegal Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys linulus), 474. Mittendorf’s Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys Ts), 475. Hoogstraal’s Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys hoogstraali), 476. Buffoon Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys macculus), 477. Griselda Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys griselda), 478. Single-striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys rosalia), 479. Rosevear’s Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys roseveart), 480. West African Rufous-nosed Rat (Oenomys ornatus), 481. Common Rufous-nosed Rat (Oenomys hypoxanthus), 482. East African Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys fallax), 483. Hopkins’s Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys hopkinst), 484. Lake Victoria Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys isseli), 485. Angolan Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys campanae), 486. Least Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys minor), 487. Target Rat (Stochomys longicaudatus), 488. Kemp's Thicket Rat (Thamnomys kempr), 489. Hatt’s Thicket Rat (Thamnomys major), 490. Schouteden’s Thicket Rat (Thamnomys schoutedeni), 491. Thomas's Thicket Rat (Thamnomys venustus), 492. Namaqua Rock Rat (Micaelamys namaquensis), 493. Grant's Rock Rat (Micaelamys granti), 494. Mesic Four-striped Grass Rat (Rhabdomys dilectus), 495. West-Central South African Four-striped Grass Rat (Rhabdomys bechuanae), 496. KwaZulu Natal Four-striped Grass Rat (Rhabdomys chakae), 497. [MISSING], 499. Loring’s Thallomys (Thallomys loringi), 500. Black-tailed Thallomys (Thallomys nigricauda), 501. Sundevall’s Thallomys (Thallomys paedulcus), 502. Shortridge’s Thallomys (Thallomys shortridgei)

Distribution. W Africa W of the Dahomey Gap, including Senegal , Mali, Guinea, and Ivory Coast.