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Southern African Mastomys

Mastomys coucha (A.Smith, 1834) — also called Southern African Multimammate Mouse, Southern African Multtimammate Mouse, Southern Multimammate Mouse. Occurrence records of the Southern African Mastomys are shared on GBIF from around 3 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Sam Knott Nature Reserve (78 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernMuridae
3reserves with records
90records around them
2provinces
LCIUCN category
Southern African Mastomys (Mastomys coucha)
Photo: Marcus33 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Sam Knott Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape78
Manyeleti Game ReservePrivate game reserveMP Mpumalanga10
Wildlife Paws SOSWildlife sanctuaryMP Mpumalanga2

By province

Mpumalanga
2 reserves
Eastern Cape
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Family
Muridae
Scientific name
Mastomys coucha
GBIF taxon
2438907
Wikidata
Q1971728

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.