Facts about the Striped Mouse -- Rhabdomys pumilio:

A summary of most interesting statistics (size, gestation...), amazing environmental adaptations & fascinating facts about social habits, etc.

SIZE: Length (including tail) 21 cm, mass 45 g.

COLOUR: Varies from pale, brindled reddish-brown to dark, brindled greyish-buff. Two distinctive pairs of stripes, reddish-brown to black in colour, run from the back of the neck to the base of the tail. The underparts are white or whitish.

MOST LIKE: Single-Striped Mouse, but the four dark stripes along the back of the striped mouse cannot be confused with single one along the spine of the single-striped mouse.

HABITAT: Wherever there is grass cover, from sea level up to over 1 800 m.

FOOD:

REPRODUCTION & GESTATION PERIOD:

DISTRIBUTION MAP:

WHERE FOUND:
Pilanesberg National Park (South Africa)
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park
Addo Elephant National Park
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
Tembe Elephant Park