#0491 · 🦊 mammals

Cape Four-striped Grass Mouse

🇳🇱 Streepmuis ·Rhabdomys pumilio

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Marian Oliver · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Peter Erb · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Gawie Malan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Waterkloof Wine Estate:© Anneke van Breda · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Pelikan Park, Cape Town, 7941, South Africa:© Bob McDougall · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Garden Route Botanical Garden:© Colin Ralston · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Cape Farms, Cape Town, South Africa:© suretha_dorse · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Western Cape, ZA:© Marian Oliver · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Gardens, South Africa:© David Maphisa · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. briers louw nature reserve:© Jan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The four-striped grass mouse or four-striped grass rat ( Rhabdomys pumilio ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,890iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,890 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Anders Sparrman in 1784 (242 years ago).