Delicate mouse

Not to be confused with the little native mouse (Pseudomys delicatulus) of Australia or the delicate salt flat mouse (Salinomys delicatus) of South America.

Delicate mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Mus
Species:	M. tenellus
Binomial name
Mus tenellus (Thomas, 1903)

The delicate mouse (Mus tenellus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.^[2] It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and possibly Eritrea. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

References

1. Lavrenchenko, L.; Schlitter, D. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Mus tenellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13986A115119164. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13986A22402759.en. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. 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. p. 1410. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.