Common Oenomys | Animalz

Common OenomysThe common Oenomys has a red nose and a white-to-orange underside. At Mount Kupe in Cameroon it was also caught in a village and fallow land; its coat color and body size vary geographically.What does it look like?Its nose is red and its underside ranges from white to orange. Long black guard hairs mix with shorter red-yellow hairs, and the tail is mostly bare with small black scales.How does it live?The common Oenomys has a red nose and a white-to-orange underside. At Mount Kupe in Cameroon it was also caught in a village and fallow land; its coat color and body size vary geographically.At Mount Kupe it was caught in a village and fallow area. Earlier accounts cited by the paper report nests in fallow ground and village gardens.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.