Dendromus messorius
O. Thomas, 1903
Banana 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
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1903-09-01. New African mammalia of the genera Petrodromus, Dendromys, Mus, and Lepus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)12(69):339-344.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993098Original name as described
Dendromys messorius
Other common names
Banana Climbing Mouse
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.4.24
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3c71f9f0-30c9-4957-b401-3f248fbdfb8cType locality
"Efulen, Bulu Country, Cameroons [= Cameroon]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Togo? · Benin? · Nigeria · Cameroon · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya
Taxonomy notes
previously included D. kumasi
Taxonomy notes citation
Denys, C., & Aniskine, V. (2012). On a new species of Dendromus (Rodentia, Nesomyidae) from mount Nimba, Guinea. Mammalia, 76(3), 295-308. · Voelker, G., Huntley, J. W., Bryja, J., Denys, C., Šumbera, R., Demos, T. C., ... & Peterhans, J. K. (2021). Molecular systematics and biogeographic history of the African climbing-mouse complex (Dendromus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 161, 107166.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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