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Temminck's striped mouse

Temminck's striped mouse or West African hybomys is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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May 26, 2026
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Length
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Temminck's striped mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Hybomys
Species:
H. trivirgatus
Binomial name
Hybomys trivirgatus
(Temminck, 1853)

Temminck's striped mouse or West African hybomys (Hybomys trivirgatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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