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Mastomys kollmannspergeri (Multimammate mouse)

Synonyms: Mastomys verheyeni; Rattus kollmannspergeri

Wikipedia Abstract

Verheyen's multimammate mouse (Mastomys kollmannspergeri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater lakes, and urban areas.
View Wikipedia Record: Mastomys kollmannspergeri

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  40 %
Diet - Plants [1]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  30 %
Forages - Ground [1]  100 %
Nocturnal [1]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Lake Chad flooded savanna Nigeria, Chad, Niger Afrotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Sahelian Acacia savanna Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Termit et de Tin Toumma National Nature Reserve 23969222 Niger      

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0