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
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/45496791Original 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 · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Kenya? · Rwanda? · Tanzania? · Angola? · Zambia? · Zimbabwe? · Malawi? · Mozambique? · Botswana? · South Africa? · Eswatini? · Lesotho?
Taxonomy notes
previously included populations now attributed to the recently described D. pseudomystacalis; the species has typically included populations from across Sub-Saharan Africa, but is now restricted to Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda, while other populations in eastern and southern Africa are of uncertain origin; the placement of all other names previously assigned to this species (all of which are still listed under this species tentatively) is uncertain with the exception of lineatus, which is a synonym of D. mystacalis
Taxonomy notes citation
Mulualem, G., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Mikula, O., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y. and Bryja, J. 2024-10-17. Taxonomic revision and evolutionary history of the climbing mice in eastern Africa (Dendromus mystacalis clade): the role of elevation and geographical barriers in the speciation process. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (in press).
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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