Yemeni mouse

The Yemeni mouse, Ochromyscus yemeni, is a rodent of the family Muridae found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It is the only modern member of the tribe Praomyini to be found outside Africa. Colin Campbell Sanborn and Harry Hoogstraal described it in 1953, at first as a subspecies of Myomys fumatus. Parasites recorded on the species include the mite Laelaps nuttalli and the flea Xenopsylla cheopis. The available article gives little more about its appearance, diet or conservation rating, so those facts are left to other sources.