Rupp's African Climbing Mouse

Rupp's African Climbing MouseThis small rodent is known only from around Gilo in South Sudan’s Imatong Mountains. It has a black stripe along the middle of its back and a white underside. Recorded sites include grassy ground around a swamp and an area near a farm.What does it look like?The studied specimens have a black stripe along the middle of the back and a pure-white underside; a tuft of white hairs sits at the base of each ear.How does it live?This small rodent is known only from around Gilo in South Sudan’s Imatong Mountains. It has a black stripe along the middle of its back and a white underside. Recorded sites include grassy ground around a swamp and an area near a farm.Collectors recorded the species around Gilo in grassy sites near a swamp and near a potato farm.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.