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Mus orangiae (orange mouse)

Synonyms: Leggada orangiae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Free State pygmy mouse or Orange mouse (Mus orangiae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Lesotho and South Africa.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, arable land, and pastureland.
View Wikipedia Record: Mus orangiae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
11
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.32
EDGE Score: 1.46
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  8 grams
Birth Weight [1]  1 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Diet - Plants [2]  60 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  60 days
Male Maturity [1]  77 days
Gestation [1]  20 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [1]  4 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.15 inches (8 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Highveld grasslands South Africa Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish 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