ADW: Lemniscomys: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Rodentia (rodents)
        
        Suborder Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, jerboas, and relatives)
        
        Superfamily Muroidea (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
        
        Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives)
        
        Subfamily Murinae (Old World rats and mice)
        
        Genus Lemniscomys (striped grass mice)
        
        Species Lemniscomys barbarus (Barbary striped grass mouse)
        
        Species Lemniscomys bellieri (Bellier's striped grass mouse)
        
        Species Lemniscomys griselda (Griselda's striped grass mouse)
        
        Species Lemniscomys hoogstraali (Hoogstral's striped grass mouse)
        
        Species Lemniscomys linulus (Senegal one-striped grass mouse)
        
        Species Lemniscomys macculus (buffoon striped grass mouse)
        
        Species Lemniscomys mittendorfi (Mittendorf's striped grass mouse)
        
        Species Lemniscomys rosalia (single-striped grass mouse)
        
        Species Lemniscomys roseveari (Rosevear's striped grass mouse)
        
        Species Lemniscomys striatus (typical striped grass mouse)
        
        Species Lemniscomys zebra (Heuglin's lemniscomys)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Lemniscomysstriped grass mice

Lemniscomys
striped grass mice