Natal Mastomys
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Natal Mastomys

Mastomys natalensis

Overview

Ruaha, Mikumi and Nyerere National Parks are among 16 atlas places where the Natal Mastomys is recorded. Its records concentrate in Tanzania, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Zambia and Congo - Kinshasa. The atlas contains about 12,000 records of this mammal from 23 countries.

Because these records span both hemispheres, the recorded seasons differ by region. Each place page in the atlas shows the particular months when the species was recorded there.

Records
12,374
Countries
23
Atlas places
16
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Natal Mastomys as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · high confidence · 9489 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guinea
    25 km zone · high confidence · 853 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Sierra Leone
    25 km zone · high confidence · 554 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Zambia
    25 km zone · high confidence · 488 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Congo - Kinshasa
    25 km zone · high confidence · 395 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Senegal
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 141 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Rwanda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 53 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Benin
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 52 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 47 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Central African Republic
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 41 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
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