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Mammals Rodents & hares Common
Four-striped Grass Mouse
Streepmuis · Rhabdomys pumilio
A small day-active mouse with four dark stripes running down its sandy-brown back. Bold and inquisitive, it is the rodent visitors most often see, scurrying around picnic sites and camps for crumbs. It feeds on seeds, insects and green shoots.
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Four neat dark stripes down the back; active in daylight, unlike most mice.
Where to see it in Kruger
Picnic sites, camps and grassy verges park-wide — the tame beggar at your lunch table.
Did you know
It is one of the few strictly day-active rodents, which is exactly why you actually see it.
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