Brant's climbing mouse | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific 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
- 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Dendromus mesomelas |
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