Megadendromus nikolausi

Dieterlen & Rupp, 1978

Nikolaus'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 : Megadendromus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dieterlen, F. and Rupp, H. 1978. _Megadendromus nikolausi_, Gen. nov., sp. nov. (Dendromurinae; Rodentia), ein neuer Nager aus Äthiopien. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 43:129-143.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45539752

Original name as described

Megadendromus nikolausi

Other common names

Bale Mouse · Giant Climbing Mouse · Nikolaus's Mouse

Type material

SMNS 23982

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bale Mountains, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Megadendromus to Dendromus, then back to Megadendromus resulting from more recent molecular studies

Taxonomy notes citation

Lavrenchenko, L. A., Nadjafova, R. S., Bekele, A., Mironova, T. A., & Bryja, J. (2017). Phylogenetic position of a monotypic Ethiopian endemic rodent genus Megadendromus (Rodentia, Nesomyidae). Mammalia, 81(1), 71-82. · 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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003721

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.

Megadendromus nikolausi

Dieterlen & Rupp, 1978

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

nikolausi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 23982

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45539752

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12937/22237949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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