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The tiny fat mouse (''Steatomys parvus'') is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It favours sandy and cultivated areas, rocky hills, open woodland and grassy plains. The depth of its burrow varies between a minimum of 40 cm and one metre; the burrow contains few passageways, with a central chamber filled with fibers and grass. ==Ecology== The tiny fat mouse is part of an assemblage of small mammals in open ''Acacia'' woodland. The most abundant rodent in this habitat is the African grass rat (''Arvicanthis niloticus''), followed by the Natal multimammate mouse (''Mastomys natalensis''). The shrews ''Crocidura'' spp. were also abundant as were the fat mice (''Steatomys'' spp.), Gerbils (''Gerbilliscus'' spp.), tree mice (''Dendromus'' spp.), pouched rats (''Saccostomus'' spp.) and mice in the subgenus Nannomys. In ''Terminalia'' woodland, characterised by the trees ''Terminalia mollis'' and ''Combretum molle'' and various shrubs, a different community of small mammals is found. Here the Natal multimammate mouse is the most common species, with the tiny fat mouse, Kaiser's rock rat (''Aethomys kaiseri'') and the Barbary striped grass mouse (''Lemniscomys barbarus'') also plentiful.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tiny fat mouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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