Dendromus mystacalis

von Heuglin, 1863

Chestnut 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

Heuglin, T. von. 1863. Beiträge zur Zoologie Afrika's. Über einige Säugethiere des Bäschlo-Gebietes. Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 30(2):1-14.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45496791

Original name as described

Dendromys mystacalis

Other common names

Chestnut Climbing Mouse

Type material

SMNS 1055

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Baschlo region, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Malawi · Mozambique · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003720

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 whytei

Wroughton, 1909

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

whytei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.131

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/49831a69-f6f0-4f2d-8f9c-ab8c5742f654

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071616

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dendromus Ansorgei

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1905

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

ansorgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.5.9.52

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f42a9050-fa3e-4c67-ade9-3fbf918e5642

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214800

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Dendromus jamesoni

Wroughton, 1909

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

jamesoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.20.27

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3848c391-7bcb-41a2-90ff-c470afd3f5a3

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071616

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dendromus acræus

Wroughton, 1909

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

acraeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.1.61

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b45e5928-3f62-4cb3-be8d-4acb6e4a9c13

Authority page

541

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097922

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Dendromus nairobæ

Osgood, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

nairobae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:16709

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=283634ab-9ff5-45c8-b814-aba322978c11

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462394

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

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

Dendromus whytei pallescens

Osgood, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:16710

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=33369015-cda4-48dd-82fa-162e8d5edb63

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462394

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

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

Dendromus ochropus

Osgood, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

ochropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:16715

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=8dc290b2-1f0f-4c54-ab51-f8e0e7d25e42

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

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

Dendromys mystacalis

von Heuglin, 1863

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

mystacalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 1055

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45496791

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Dendromus jamesoni pongolensis

A. Roberts, 1931

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

pongolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6103

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Dendromus lineatus

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

lineatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164816

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32199fe6d-fa02-4521-99b7-d69e098fac49

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813460

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Dendromus whytei capitis

E. Heller, 1912

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

capitis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181792

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d31a4ed7-270c-4ffd-890c-49d231cbbc47

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814874

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Dendromus pumilio uthmoelleri

L. Bohmann, 1939

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

uthmoelleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

170

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Dendromus mystacalis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

mystacalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

167

Authority publication

London

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 (2013:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6446/115081411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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