Guinea multimammate mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Guinea multimammate mouse lives – recorded in 10 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Mastomys erythroleucus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	10 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the Guinea multimammate mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Guinea multimammate mouse in 10 countries and territories across Africa.

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 Guinea multimammate mouse endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Guinea multimammate mouse?

The Guinea multimammate mouse (Mastomys erythroleucus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Mastomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Guinea multimammate mouse

The Guinea multimammate mouse (Mastomys erythroleucus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, and irrigated land. They weigh between 12 and 105 grams.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Guinea multimammate mouse (revision 1373200070), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1769748 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).