• Source: Awash multimammate mouse

The Awash multimammate mouse or Awash mastomys (Mastomys awashensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in Ethiopia. Phylogentically the Awash multimammate mouse is the sister taxon of the Natal multimammate mouse (M. natalensis), a species found almost everywhere in Africa south of the Sahara and considered a serious agricultural pest throughout its range.




Habitat


Its natural habitats are dry savanna and arable land.
It is threatened by habitat loss. It is also considered as a pest for grain crops.




Ecology


The species' ecology has been studied in detail in the croplands of the Degua Tembien district in Tigray, where it commonly occurs in crop fields, domestic and peri-domestic habitats in wider altitudinal range (1500 m up to 2700 m). Being a nocturnal and burrowing species, it prefers crop fields with vertisols. Likewise, the multimammate mouse possibly contributes to a significant portion to the rodent diet of night-active raptors such as Barn owl.




References



Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1361–1362. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Awash multimammate mouse
• Mastomys
• Natal multimammate mouse
• Dwarf multimammate mouse
• Southern multimammate mouse
• Hubert's multimammate mouse
• King rat (animal)
• Shortridge's multimammate mouse
• Angolan multimammate mouse
• Tigray Region