| Northwestern fat mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Genus: | Steatomys |
| Species: | S. caurinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Steatomys caurinus Thomas, 1912
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The northwestern fat mouse (Steatomys caurinus) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is native to tropical West Africa where it occurs on grassland and crop land.
- ^ Schlitter, D.; Coetzee, N. (2017). "Steatomys caurinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T20718A22233646. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T20718A22233646.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.