The Barbary striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys barbarus) is a small rodent of the suborder Myomorpha.

This monotypic species is native to coastal Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in northwest Africa.

[1][2][3] In the past it was believed to also occur throughout a large part of Sub-Saharan Africa, but these populations are now treated as a separate species, the Heuglin's striped grass mouse (L.

[2][3] These relatively small Lemniscomys are among the species most commonly kept in captivity.

[4] The Barbary, Heuglin's and Hoogstral's striped grass mouse (L. hoogstraali) form a group that have a distinctly dark and light striped pelage.