Fat mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the fat mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Steatomys pratensis
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the fat mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the fat mouse in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the fat mouse endangered?

The fat mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the fat mouse?

The fat mouse (Steatomys pratensis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Steatomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the fat mouse

The fat mouse (Steatomys pratensis) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Fat mouse (revision 1286702744), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1763980 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).