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South African Pouched Mouse
1733
Information
Range Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Nesomyidae
Genus Saccostomus
Species Saccostomus mearnsi
Conservation Status
LCSpecies
Least Concern

The Mearns's pouched mouse (Saccostomus mearnsi), is a species of pouched mouse in the Nesomyidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, hot deserts, and arable land.

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