Dendromus mesomelas

(Brants, 1827)

Brants's 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

Brants, A. 1827. Het geslacht der muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld, volgens de tegenswoordige toestand der wetenschap in familien, geslachten en soorten verdeeld. Akademische Boekdrukkery, Berlin, 190 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497064

Original name as described

Mus mesomelas

Other common names

Brants's Climbing Mouse

Type locality

east of Port Elizabeth, Sunday's River, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa · Eswatini · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Botswana · Namibia · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003718

Country distribution map

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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.

Mus mesomelas

(Brants, 1827)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

mesomelas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497064

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Fischer (1829:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Dendromus typus

A. Smith, 1829

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

439

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310848

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dendromys (?) typus

Wagler, 1830

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965765

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

  1. Wagler (1830:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  2. Lesson (1842:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Dendromys mesomelas

Smuts, 1832

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

mesomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088677

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Smuts (1832:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
  2. Murray (1866:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Fitzinger (1867:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  4. Thomas (1898:935, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  5. Thomas (1904:419, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)

Dendromys typicus

A. Smith, 1834

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968276

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

  1. Smith (1841:pl. 34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67649)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dendromys pumilio

J. A. Wagner, 1841

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

437

Authority publication

Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Pagenstecher (1885:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67738)
  3. Noack (1891:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7780992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38509)
  4. Matschie (1895:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  5. Thomas (1898:935, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dendromys mesomelas pumilio

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476748

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Dendromus pumilio

Wroughton, 1907

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063326

Authority publication

Manchester Memoir

Name usages

  1. Wroughton (1907:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
  2. Roberts (1913:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Setzer (1956:540, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

Dendromus mesomelas

Osgood, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

mesomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462393

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1910:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)
  2. Roberts (1913:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Roberts (1924:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17634)
  4. Shortridge (1934:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  5. Hill & Carter (1941:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  6. Shortridge (1942:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40889007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  7. Setzer (1956:539, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  8. Eisentraut (1963:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1991:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  12. Musser & Carleton (1993:543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  13. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  14. Happold (2013:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  15. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6444/22235226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dendromus Ayresi

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

ayresi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 140

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439541

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Roberts (1924:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17634)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dendromus mesomelas major

St. Leger, 1930

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1930.10.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b31e4ac5-b9be-4d38-9728-9c290e3180fd

Authority page

622

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dendromus mesomelas pumilio

Shortridge, 1942

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40889007

Authority publication

Annals of the South African Museum

Name usages

Shortridge (1942:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40889007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)

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