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.

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

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

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

Dendromys typus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

134

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Dendromys mesomelas

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

mesomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

935

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988176

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:935, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)

Dendromus mesomelas

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

mesomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Happold (2013:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6444/22235226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dendromus pumilio

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

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

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 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

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. Matschie (1895:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  3. Thomas (1898:935, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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