Steatomys krebsii, Peters, 1852
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Felipe |
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Steatomys krebsii |
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Krebs’s Fat Mouse
French: Rat-adipeux de Krebs / German: Krebs-Fettmaus / Spanish: Ratén grueso de Krebs
Other common names: Krebs's African Fat Mouse
Taxonomy. Steatomys krebsii Peters, 1852 View in CoL ,
“ Kaffraria ,” South Africa .
This species is monotypic.
Distribution. Widely distributed in three populations: one in Angola, W Zambia, N Namibia, and extreme N Botswana, and the other two in NE and extreme SW South Africa, respectively. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head—body 73-100 mm, tail 32-56 mm, ear 13-18 mm, hindfoot 14-21 mm; weight 15-42 g. Krebs’s Fat Mouse is small, with short and sparsely haired tail, darker above than below. Fur is soft and highly variable in color, ranging from orange-brown to dark brown dorsally, clearly demarcated from pure white or grayish white belly. Chin, throat, and upper chest are white. Ears are relatively large and rounded. Limbs are white, with four digits on forefoot and five digits on hindfoot. It has always eight nipples.
Habitat. Wide variety of savannas.
Food and Feeding. A single stomach of a Krebs’s Fat Mouse contained insects.
Breeding. Three female Krebs’s Fat Mice had 4-5 embryos.
Activity patterns. Krebs’s Fat Mouse is nocturnal and terrestrial. It excavates burrows in the soil.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.
Bibliography. De Graaff (1981), Monadjem (2013b), Monadjem et al. (2015), Rautenbach & Nel (1980), Rautenbach et al. (1981), Swanepoel & Schlitter (1978).
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