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Pygmy rock mouse

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Pygmy rock mouse (Petromyscus collinus) is a small rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It lives in Angola, Namibia, and South Africa, in dry shrubland. Its conservation status is Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Chordata; Class Mammalia; Order Rodentia; Family Nesomyidae; Genus Petromyscus; Species collinus. The binomial name is Petromyscus collinus, described by Thomas and Hinton in 1925.


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