Dendromus kahuziensis

Dieterlen, 1969

Mount Kahuzi African Climbing Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Nesomyidae
Subfamily : Dendromurinae
Genus : Dendromus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dieterlen, F. 1969. _Dendromus kahuziensis_ (Dendromurinae; Cricetidae; Rodentia) — eine neue Art aus Zentralafrika. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 34:348-353.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45464867

Original name as described

Dendromus kahuziensis

Other common names

Kahuzi African Climbing Mouse

Type material

SMNS 14733

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mount Kahuzi, Kivu, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003713

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dendromus kahuziensis

Dieterlen, 1969

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

kahuziensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 14733

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45464867

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6439/22234587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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