The Ghana rufous-nosed rat (Oenomys ornatus), also known as the West African Oenomys, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and seasonally flooded agricultural land, it has also been observed in secondary high forest habitat.

Population

According to the IUCN Red List, the Ghana rufous-nosed rat "is considered to be a rare species" and is "known only from a few localities in each of the countries where it has been recorded".

Ghana rufous-nosed rat

Ecology

The Ghana rufous-nosed rat is described as a good climber.

Ghana rufous-nosed rat

References

Oenomys

Mammals described in 1911

Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas

Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Ghana rufous-nosed rat