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Species of rodent

Brant's climbing mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Dendromus
Species: D. mesomelas
Binomial name
Dendromus mesomelas
(Brants, 1827)

Brants's climbing mouse (Dendromus mesomelas) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

References

  1. Child, M.F.; Monadjem, A. (2016). "Dendromus mesomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6444A22235226. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T6444A22235226.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Extant species of family Nesomyidae
Petromyscinae
Petromyscus
(Rock mice)
Delanymyinae
Delanymys
Dendromurinae
Dendromus
(African
climbing mice)
Dendroprionomys
Malacothrix
Megadendromus
Prionomys
Steatomys
Mystromyinae
Mystromys
Cricetomyinae
(Pouched rats)
Beamys
Cricetomys
Saccostomus
Nesomyinae
(Malagasy rats
and mice)
Brachytarsomys
Brachyuromys
Eliurus
Gymnuromys
Hypogeomys
Macrotarsomys
Monticolomys
Nesomys
Voalavo
Category
Taxon identifiers
Dendromus mesomelas


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