Krebs's fat mouse
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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
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| genus = Steatomys
| species = krebsii
| authority = Peters, 1852
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The Krebs's fat mouse (Steatomys krebsii) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia.
Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. Its name honours Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs (1792–1844), a German natural history collector in South Africa.
References
- Monadjem, A. & Schlitter, D. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20720/all Steatomys krebsii]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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Category:Mammals described in 1852
Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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