Bellier's striped grass mouse

Bellier's striped grass mouse, also called Bellier's lemniscomys, is a small rodent with the scientific name Lemniscomys bellieri. It belongs to the family Muridae and to the genus Lemniscomys, the striped grass mice of Africa. It is found in West Africa, in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Guinea, and may also occur in Sierra Leone, where its presence is not confirmed. Its natural habitat is typically a dry savanna region, so it is an animal of open, seasonally dry country rather than of closed forest. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists its IUCN Red List category as Least Concern, which means it is not currently regarded as being at serious risk of extinction.