Mus striatus Linnaeus, 1758 Lemniscomys ardens (Thomas, 1910) L. dieterleni Van der Straeten, 1976 L. fasciatus (Wroughton, 1906) L. luluae Matschie, 1926 L. lynesi Thomas and Hinton, 1923 L. massaicus (Pagenstecher, 1885) L. micropus (Heller, 1911) L. orientalis (Desmarest, 1819) L. pulchella (Gray, 1864) L. pulcher (Wroughton, 1906) L. spermophilus Heller, 1912 L. venustus (Thomas, 1911) L. versustus (Thomas, 1911) L. wroughtoni (Thomas, 1910) The typical striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys striatus) is a small rodent of the suborder Myomorpha in the family Muridae.

The ventral parts are whitish, with yellowish reflections on the abdomen and chest.

The maximum age documented for a typical striped grass mouse in captivity is 4.8 years.

It is widespread in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Angola, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, DRCongo, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi.

[1] This species lives in deforested areas, grasslands, secondary forest and savanna up to 1,700 meters above sea level.